HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. PRESTON

No. 7395.

487 S.W.2d 956 (1972)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jay M. PRESTON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McGee and Carnegie H. Mims, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Charles H. Clark, Tyler, for appellee.


KEITH, Justice.

This venue appeal involves only subdivision 27, Article 1995, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St., and although there are several points in appellant's brief, only two questions are presented: (1) there was no evidence that Humble had an "agency" or "representative" in the county as required by the subdivision, and (2) the subdivision violates the United States Constitution because it unconstitutionally discriminates against foreign corporations as contrasted with...

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