Valley Municipal Utility District No. 2 v. Hild

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying a plea of privilege for the reason that it had been waived by the filing of a motion to quash citation which was heard and sustained prior to a hearing on the plea of privilege.

Rule 84, Vernon’s Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, provides:

“The defendant in his answer may plead as many matters_as he may think necessary for his defense,_and such pleas shall be heard in such order as may be directed by the court, special appearance and plea of privilege and the practice thereunder being excepted herefrom.”

The original rule required that…