Kimbell Properties, Inc. v. McCoo

REYNOLDS, Justice.

In this damage suit filed in the county where the cause of action arose, the evidence is factually insufficient to establish that the defendant employee was acting within the course and scope of his employment so as to fix venue against the defendant employer outside the county where its principal office is situated. Reversed and remanded.

Howard McCoo, a Lubbock County resident, filed suit in Lubbock County to recover from Kelby Robertson and Kimbell Properties, Inc., a private corporation, his damages resulting from a collision of automobiles in Lubbock County. The…