Grogan-Cochran Lumber Co. v. McWhorter

This cause comes here under somewhat unusual circumstances. The ap-pellee sued appellant, a corporation whose domicile and residence was in Montgomery county, in the district court of Harris county, to recover $8,985.90, the manufactured price of certain pine timber alleged to have belonged to appellee, and to have been wrongfully cut and removed by appellant from certain lands located in Montgomery county.

Appellant filed its plea of privilege in all respects in statutory form pursuant to article 2007, Rev. St., to be sued in the county of its residence, Montgomery, specifically averring…