De Loache v. Newton

MARTIN, Justice.

This appeal is solely on the issue of venue. Appellee, J. T. Newton, sued appellants, Nellie DeLoache and James I. *243DcLoache, in the District Court of Hockley County, Texas alleging that appellants were liable to appellee by reason of having furnished him and his fellow workers with a defective tool and appliance as used by them in pulling pipe from a well, to-wit: “a defective pipe dog intended to be used to hold a string of two inch pipe in place which defective pipe dog had insufficient strength and grip to hold said string of pipe as it was intended .to be held.” Appellants…