Industrial State Bank of Houston v. Engineering Service & Equipment, Inc.

CARVER, Justice.

Industrial State Bank of Houston appeals from an order overruling its plea of privilege seeking to transfer this suit to Harris County, the county of the bank’s residence. We reversed and direct the trial court to transfer the cause to a court of appropriate jurisdiction in Harris County, Texas because (1) the plea of privilege was filed in due order of pleading despite the fact that it was filed simultaneously with the answer; (2) although the plea’s verification was defective when first filed, a subsequent amendment which cured the defect related back to the time of original…