Case Name: George J. McDONALD, Appellant, v. David M. FINLEY, Jr., et al., Appellees
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1959-10-29
Citations: 328 S.W.2d 919
Docket Number: No. 3685
Parties: George J. McDONALD, Appellant, v. David M. FINLEY, Jr., et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 919–920

Head Matter:
George J. McDONALD, Appellant, v. David M. FINLEY, Jr., et al., Appellees.
No. 3685.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Waco.’
Oct. 29, 1959.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 19, 1959.
Red, Kemp & Fahey, Houston, for appellant.
Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Miller & Martin, Dallas, for appellee.

Opinion:
WILSON, Justice.
This is an appeal by defendant from an order sustaining his own plea of privilege. Plaintiff filed suit in Henderson County against defendant, a resident of Smith County, for damages resulting from an automobile collision occurring "near Spring, Texas" in a county not named in the petition. Defendant's plea of privilege in prescribed form alleged his residence in Smith County. He pleaded the accident occurred in Montgomery County and that since plaintiff had sued where venue did not lie, the latter waived the right to determine the county to which transfer should be made. He prayed that the "cause be transferred to Montgomery County, Texas, or in the alternative, to Smith County, Texas." No controverting plea having been filed, the court ordered the cause transferred to Smith County, where defendant resided.
Defendant now says the court should have transferred to Montgomery County. His contentions are overruled. Had the trial court done this, he could complain with his present reasoning that transfer should be to the county of his residence. The court properly exercised the option tendered by the pleadings. Judgment affirmed.