Douglas v. Williams

SMITH, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the district court of Guadalupe county overruling appellant’s plea of privilege to be sued in Bexar county, of which she was conceded to be a resident.

The action was one for damages for personal injuries resulting from an alleged trespass upon the person, as contemplated in the ninth exception to the general venue statute (article 1995, R. S. 1925), in which it is provided that “a suit based upon a crime, offense, or trespass may be brought in the county where such crime, offense, or trespass was committed, or in the county where the defendant…