LUBBOCK MFG. CO. v. MANUELA DE JESUS DE GARZA

No. 6712.

560 S.W.2d 463 (1977)

LUBBOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant, v. MANUELA DE JESUS DE GARZA et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

November 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groce, Locke & Hebdon, Damon Ball, San Antonio, for appellant.

Hope, Henderson, Hohman & Georges, A. J. Hohman, Jr., Tinsman & Houser, Inc., Richard Tinsman, Franklin D. Houser, Stephen F. Lazor, Bruce M. Miller, San Antonio, Knickerbocker, Abrams & Cowan, V. F. Knickerbocker, Eagle Pass, Law Offices of J. Pat Maloney, Inc., J. Pat Maloney, San Antonio, for appellees.

Clark, Thornton & Summers, Robert B. Thornton, Robert R. Biechlin, Jr., San Antonio, for intervenor Twin City Fire Ins. Co.


OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is a venue case. It involves 24 separate suits which were consolidated for purpose of the pleas of privilege hearing. All of the cases are damage suits arising from an occurrence in Eagle Pass on April 29, 1975, when a butane tank trailer overturned and exploded. The trial Court overruled the pleas of privilege of the manufacturer of the tank trailer to have the cases transferred to the place of its residence in Lubbock County...

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