CAMPBELL & SON v. HOUSING AUTH. OF VICTORIA

No. 2865cv.

655 S.W.2d 271 (1983)

CAMPBELL & SON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. and Lionel L. Campbell, Jr., Appellants, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF VICTORIA, TEXAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.F. Jones, Victoria, Douglas M. Kennedy, Brin & Brin, Corpus Christi, Cornel Walker, Wiley, Garwood, Stolhandske & Simmons, San Antonio, for appellants.

Kenneth Sharber, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before BISSETT, UTTER and GONZALEZ, JJ.


OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from the overruling of pleas of privilege of defendants Campbell & Son Construction Co., Inc. and Lionel L. Campbell, Jr., to be sued in Bell County, where their office is located rather than Victoria County, where suit was filed. The principal question in this appeal is whether appellants are necessary parties within the meaning of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1995 subd. 29a (Vernon 1964). We hold that they...

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