Mobil Oil Company v. Dodd

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a venue case. Albert A. Dodd, Sr., a resident of Matagorda County, Texas, brought suit in the District Court of Matagorda County, Texas, against Mobil Oil Corporation and Rufus Haddon Hamilton, both non-residents of Matagorda County, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in an automobile-truck collision. Mobil filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County, Texas, where it allegedly had its domicile and principal place of business in Texas. Mr. Hamilton died after suit was filed, and Lula Baldwin Hamilton, his widow and the personal…