Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. State

BAUGH, Justice.

Appeal is from an order of the trial court overruling appellant’s plea of privilege to be sued in Pecos County where the land involved lies. The sole question presented is whether the 1939 amendment to Art. 5420, R.S.1925, Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 464, § 1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ,St. art. 5420, requires the venue of the pending suit, in so far as the Stanolind is concerned, to be changed from Travis County to Pecos County.

Suit was originally filed by the State on April 11, 1939, in the District Court of Travis County, against I. G. Yates and 24 other named defendants in trespass to…