Estes v. Texas Consolidated Oils

CODY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Harris County overruling defendant’s plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County, the place of his residence, as well as the principal place of business of plaintiff, a corporation. The exception relied *274upon by plaintiff as fixing venue in Harris County is Subdivision 12 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. reading, “Lien. A suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage or other lien may be brought in the county where, the property or any part thereof subject to such lien is situated.”

The plaintiff alleged in its petition,…