APPELL PETROLEUM CORP. v. G. W. TOWNSEND LEASE SERV.

No. 32.

375 S.W.2d 547 (1964)

APPELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. G. W. TOWNSEND LEASE SERVICE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

February 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence H. Warburton, Jr. (of Perkins, Floyd, Davis & Oden), Alice, for appellant.

Austen H. Furse (of Bell, Camp, Gwin & Furse), Bay City, for appellee.


GREEN, Chief Justice.

Appell Petroleum Corporation, hereinafter styled Appell, appeals from an order of the trial court overruling its plea of privilege to be sued in Jim Wells County, where its principal office is located. Appellee G. W. Townsend Lease Service, a partnership, hereinafter called Townsend, to support the venue in Matagorda County, relies upon that portion of Subd. 23, Article 1995, Vernon's Ann. Tex. St., reading as follows:

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