Hill v. Uvalde Const. Co.

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

Carl Hill brought this suit, in Eastland County, against Uvalde Construction Company, a corporation. The action is one based upon negligence alleged to have been the proximate cause of injuries to plaintiff’s wife for which a recovery of damages was prayed. It is assumed that plaintiff’s petition was sufficient to state a cause of action which, if it exists, arose in Eastland County-

The defendant filed a statutory plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County, the place of its residence. This plea was duly controverted upon the sole ground that the cause of action arose in…