GOODRICH v. SUPERIOR OIL CO.

No. A-2948.

237 S.W.2d 969 (1951)

GOODRICH v. SUPERIOR OIL CO.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Cheek, Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, J. Lee Johnson, III, Peveril O. Settle, Jr., and Gillis A. Johnson, all of Fort Worth, Cecil, Keith & Mehaffy and Quentin Keith, all of Beaumont, for appellant.

Pitts & Liles, Conroe, Williams, Lee & Kennerly, Jesse J. Lee, Murray Christian and Willard B. Wagner, all of Houston, for appellee.


GARWOOD, Justice.

The certificate concerns the right of appellee, The Superior Oil Company, as holder of a large number of oil and gas leases, to maintain an action in the form of interpleader in Montgomery County, where the leased land lies, against the appellant, Robert D. Goodrich (apparently an assignor) and some 238 other defendants, as against the plea of appellant Goodrich to be sued in Tarrant County, where he resides. Appellant's plea of privilege was overruled...

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