Wilson v. Inness

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. The judgment of the trial court overruling a plea of privilege is affirmed.

Appellee Bob Inness filed this suit against Appellant B. E. Wilson in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas. The action is cast as a sworn account. Wilson, a resident of Dawson County, Texas, filed a plea of privilege claiming the right to be sued in the county of his residence. Inness controverted Wilson’s plea, and asserted venue lay in Dallas County under exceptions to the general rule of venue; he specifically pled subdivisions 9, 23, and 24, Art. 1995, Vernon’s…