Hawkins v. Gilger

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellant, H. L. Hawkins, individually, and as a partner of Hawkins & Hawkins, appeals from the judgment of the trial court overruling as a matter of law his plea of privilege praying that the suit brought by appellee, Mrs. Ernestine C. Gilger, against him for an accounting and damages be transferred to Cass County, Texas, where are located the various tracts of land from which the minerals sold were produced, on the ground that appellee’s suit is essentially a suit for the recovery of title to an interest in land and exclusive venue lies in Cass County under Subdivision 14…