SCHWANTZ v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 4601.

415 S.W.2d 12 (1967)

Montague F. SCHWANTZ et al., Appellants, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. E. McDaniel, Winnie, William T. Moore, Bryan, for appellants.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Hawthorne Phillips, J. C. Davis, Lewis E. Berry, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

The question presented by appellants in this case is whether Art. 6701h, Sec. 2(b), Vernon's Ann.Civ.Stat., is a mere venue provision, or whether it fixes exclusive jurisdiction in a single county for review of orders of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A petition was filed in the County Court of Chambers County by 24 plaintiffs seeking a declaratory judgment that Art. 6701h is unconstitutional for a number of asserted...

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