Francis v. Tover

EVANS, Justice.

This venue case involves Article 6701b, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., the Texas Guest Statute, as applied to an accident occurring prior to September 1, 1973, the effective date of the Act’s amendment. Article 6701b, Sec. 1, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. (1974 Supp.).

Charlie Tover was killed in an automobile collision in Panola County, Texas, while a passenger in an automobile driven by Leroy Taylor of Galveston County. Their automobile collided with one driven by Mayree Francis, a resident of Bowie County, Texas.

Thelma Tover, individually and as widow and sole survivor of Charlie…