Great National Life Insurance Co. v. Chapa

CULVER, Justice.

The trial court overruled the plea of privilege of Great National Life Insurance Company to be sued in Dallas County. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed by a divided court, Tex.Civ.App., 373 S.W.2d 280, on the ground, as stated by that court, that the venue in a civil suit for conspiracy may be laid in any county in which an act in pursuance of the common design was performed by any one of the conspirators. We hold that the plea of privilege should be sustained.

The cause of action arose out of a collision with an automobile driven and owned by one of the defendants, Castillo,…