Appell Petroleum Corp. v. G. W. Townsend Lease Service

GREEN, Chief Justice.

Appell Petroleum Corporation, hereinafter styled Appell,. appeals from'an order of the trial court overruling its plea of privilege to be sued in Jim Wells County, where its principal office is located. Appel-lee G. W. Townsend Lease Service, a partnership, hereinafter. called Townsend, to support the venue in Matagorda County, relies upon that portion of Subd. 23, Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann. Tex. St., reading as follows:

“Suits against a private corporation ■* * * may be brought * * * in the county in which the cause of action or part thereof arose.”

The venue facts…