H. E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY v. NEELY

No. 14615.

417 S.W.2d 759 (1967)

H. E. BUTT GROCERY COMPANY, Appellant, v. John Nelson NEELY, by Next Friend, Leonard C. Neely, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

July 31, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groce, Hebdon, Fahey & Smith, Damon Ball, San Antonio, for appellant.

G. J. Valdez, Tinsman & Cunningham, San Antonio, for appellee.


BARROW, Chief Justice.

A venue action. Appellee, John Nelson Neely, a minor, suing by his father as next friend, brought this suit against appellant, H. E. Butt Grocery Company, hereinafter referred to as HEB, and Texas Industrial Surveys, hereinafter referred to as TIS, to recover damages for false imprisonment and slander. After a non-jury hearing, the trial court overruled the plea of privilege of HEB, a resident of Nueces County.

On October 14, 1966, appellee...

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