ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. TRULL

No. 1207.

559 S.W.2d 676 (1977)

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. B. TRULL, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray T. Fortenbach, Stephen R. Kirklin, Childs, Fortenbach, Beck & Guyton, Houston, Oren B. Hamlin, Bay City, James R. Coffee, Dallas, for appellant.

Ivan D. Hafley, Frank R. Douglass, Scott & Douglass, Austin, Bert L. Huebner, Bay City, for appellees.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

In this venue appeal R. B. Trull and twenty-one other plaintiffs sued Atlantic Richfield Company for the recovery of underpaid royalties and for the forfeiture of underdeveloped oil properties. ARCO filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas County. Based upon Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1995, subd. 14 (1964),1 the trial court overruled ARCO's plea of privilege and ordered venue retained in Matagorda...

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