F & C ENGINEERING COMPANY v. BRYAN

No. 10612.

320 S.W.2d 435 (1959)

F & C ENGINEERING COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Appellants, v. C. F. BRYAN and V. V. Steptoe, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, St. John Garwood, Jr., Houston, for appellants.

Adams & Browne, J. Melvin Franks, Beaumont, for appellees.


GRAY, Justice.

This is a venue case and is an appeal from an order overruling appellants' pleas of privilege.

On May 8, 1956, appellees C. P. Bryan and V. V. Steptoe, filed suit No. 17,918 in Jefferson County against appellant F & C Engineering Company to recover for labor performed in Jefferson County and to recover a reasonable attorney's fee. F & C filed its plea of privilege to be sued in Harris County, the county of its residence. This plea was...

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