PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. MECOM

No. 11141.

375 S.W.2d 335 (1964)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Appellant, v. John W. MECOM, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

January 29, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. J. Zeman, Lloyd G. Minter, Bartlesville, Okl., E. H. Brown, Marion R. Froehlich, Houston, for appellant.

Butler, Binion, Rice & Cook, Cecil N. Cook, W. C. Perry, Louis Paine, Jr., Houston, for appellee.


PHILLIPS, Justice.

This case involves a plea of privilege.

Suit was brought by Phillips Petroleum Company against John W. Mecom, a resident of Harris County, Texas, in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, to enforce certain rights which Phillips claims to have acquired by virtue of several ordinances passed by the City of Hitchcock, Texas. Mecom filed his plea of privilege to be sued in Harris County, Texas, and, both parties having waived a jury...

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