Southwestern Transfer Company v. Slay

455 S.W.2d 352 (1970)

SOUTHWESTERN TRANSFER COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellants,

v.

B. H. SLAY et ux., Appellees.

No. 7146.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

May 28, 1970.

Renfrow, Zeleskey, Cornelius, Rogers & Berry, Lufkin, for appellants.

Wyckoff, Russell & Dunn, Houston, for appellees.

KEITH, Justice.

The appeal is from an order overruling defendant's plea of privilege to be sued in El Paso County. Plaintiff, proceeding in a southerly direction on U. S. Highway 59, a four-lane highway in San Jacinto County, was approaching a railroad underpass. A truck proceeding northerly was also…