GULF OIL CORPORATION v. SMITHEY

No. 17068.

426 S.W.2d 262 (1968)

GULF OIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Lee P. SMITHEY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Erwin, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Clifford S. Dillard, Dallas, for appellee.


BATEMAN, Justice.

Gulf Oil Corporation appeals from the overruling of its plea of privilege in a suit brought against it by appellee Lee P. Smithey for damages for alleged trespass and conversion of his personal property. The parties will be designated as they were in the trial court.

Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., Art. 1995, in its first clause provides that a defendant is entitled to be sued in the county of his domicile, subject to the exceptions set forth in the...

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