Academy Welding v. Carnes

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is a venue case. Roy W. Carnes sued City Utilities Company and the City of Gonzales, Texas, for damages from personal injuries sustained on July 27, 1973. He alleged that while he was working on electrical cables in place on utility poles, he contacted power lines left on the poles in a negligent manner by the defendants; that the defendants’ negligence caused his injuries. Thereafter, in his first amended original petition, the plaintiff named Halline Utility Equipment Company and Academy Welding as additional defendants.

Then Academy Welding filed a plea of…