Intervest Energy & Development Corp. v. Gillespie Drilling Co.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Gillespie Drilling Company, sued defendant, Intervest Energy and Development Corporation, in Jones County seeking payment for drilling an oil and gas well located in Jones County. Defendant’s plea of privilege requesting that the case be transferred to Lubbock County was overruled. We affirm under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 1995, subdivision 23 (Vernon 1964).

The written contract provided that the well was to be drilled in Jones County and payment was to be made in Taylor County. Plaintiff drilled the well in Jones County, and filed its suit in that county…