Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Heard & Jones Drug Stores, Inc.

DENTON, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. Heard & Jones Drug Stores, Inc., Heard & Jones, Incorporated, and Heard & Jones of Pampa, Inc., sued Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Swisher County on a bond designed to indemnify the plaintiffs against loss through fraudulent or dishonest acts committed by plaintiffs’ employees. The bond was designated a Blanket Position Bond. From an order overruling the plea of privilege filed by the defendant, a foreign corporation authorized to do business in Texas, the defendant has perfected this appeal.

The three named corporations were collectively…