Wallace v. Denton

FANNING, Justice.

A venue case. W. A. Denton and wife, Mae Denton, sued Lloyd Wallace in the District Court of Upshur County, Texas, for damages for personal injuries and property damages sustained as a result of a collision in Upshur County, Texas, between the motor vehicles operated by Mrs. Denton and Mr. Wallace. Defendant Wallace, a resident of Dallas County, Texas, filed a plea of privilege. Plaintiffs controverted the plea, relying on Subd. 9a of Art. 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St. The trial court, after hearing the evidence adduced, overruled the plea of privilege. Defendant has…