Barber v. Intercoast Jobbers and Brokers

POPE, Justice.

This is a venue case which arises under § 9a, art. 1995, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Plaintiff, Clyde E. Barber, filed this suit in Ector County against Intercoast Jobbers & Brokers for the death of his wife in a collision between defendant’s truck and the car his wife was driving. The trial court overruled Intercoast’s plea of privilege, but the court of civil appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment and ordered the cause transferred to Dawson County. 410 S.W.2d 249. Intercoast, by a motion to dismiss, urges that Barber has failed to show that the decision of the intermediate…