Von Scheele v. Kugler-Morris General Contractors, Inc.

GUITTARD, Justice.

This appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege exemplifies the intricacies peculiar to Texas venue law. The controversy concerns construction of the Oak Hills Motor Inn in Bexar County, Texas. The general contractor, Kugler-Morris General Contractors, Inc., sued the owner, Edgar Von Scheele, in Dallas County, alleging completion of the project and the owner’s liability for the balance of the contract price. The general contractor also sued the masonry subcontractor, Dee Brown Masonry, Inc., a resident of Dallas County, alleging in the alternative that if the owner…