Pioneer Casualty Company v. Johnson

450 S.W.2d 64 (1970)

PIONEER CASUALTY COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

John L. JOHNSON, Respondent.

No. B-1664.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 21, 1970.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1970.

Robert L. Strickland, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Brown & Brown, William V. Brown, Jr., Texarkana, for respondent.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

This is a venue case in which jurisdiction of this Court must rest upon conflict as provided in Subdivision 2 of Article 1728. See Articles 1728 and 1831, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes; John Farrell Lumber Company v. Wood, 400 S.W.2d 307 (Tex.Sup.1966). The controlling venue exception is…