Great Southern Life Ins. Co. v. Goerner

McClendon, chief justice.

This appeal presents the sole question whether, upon sustaining a plea of privilege to be sued in the county of one’s residence, the plaintiff has the right to have the case transferred to some county, other than that of defendant’s residence, in which other county the plaintiff might have brought his suit originally under some exception to the general rule fixing venue in the county of defendant’s residence.

The suit was filed in Travis county by Mrs. Goerner (joined by her husband), upon a policy of life insurance in which she was the named beneficiary. The insurance…