Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co. v. Huston

PEDEN, Justice.

Venue matter. Appellees brought suit in Harris County, Texas, under the Oklahoma wrongful death statute to recover damages as a result of the death of Mr. Huston in an Oklahoma aircraft accident. Defendant Mid-Continent, an Oklahoma corporation, filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Potter County, Texas. After a hearing the trial court sustained the plaintiffs’ controverting plea, which asserted that under Subdivision 27 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Civil Statutes, venue was proper in Harris County.

The pertinent provision of Subd. 27 is that “Foreign corporations . . . may…