Socony Mobil Co., Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a venue case. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company brought suit on June 8, 1973, in the District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, against C. . E. Vanover, Marlin Burt, A1 Bouch, Socony Mobil Company, Inc., Triangle Facilities, Inc., Continental Oil Company and Gulf Oil Corporation, for damages allegedly sustained as the result of gasoline leaking from storage tanks, pumps or lines connecting the storage tanks and pumps at three service stations in McAllen, Texas, to plaintiff’s underground cables contained within an underground conduit which was beneath a street…