Stewart v. Whitworth

PEDEN, Justice.

Veinte matter. Plaintiff, Mrs. Stewart, appeals from the trial court’s granting of a plea of privilege filed by one of the defendants, Mr. B. F. Whitworth, severing her cause of action against him and transferring it to Jasper County, the county of his residence. Venue as to the plaintiff’s suit against the other parties defendant, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hull and Mrs. C. O. Bracey, was retained in Waller County.

Mr. Whitworth, the appellee, was first made a party defendant in plaintiff’s first amended petition; it was filed bn April 25, 1969. In that petition the plaintiff alleged…