Austin Road Co. v. Anderson

The appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals was from an order of the District Court of Gregg County overruling the plea of privilege of appellant Austin Road Company to be sued in Dallas County, the county of its domicile. Appellee Grady Anderson sought to maintain venue in Gregg County under exception 9 of Article 1995 providing in part that a suit based upon a trespass may be brought in the county where the trespass was committed. The trial court overruled the plea of privilege, but the Court of Civil Appeals, one of the justices dissenting, reversed the trial court’s judgment and ordered the…