Harkness v. Employers Nat. Ins. Co.
| Citation | 502 S.W.2d 670 |
| Decision Date | 21 November 1973 |
| Docket Number | No. B--4212,B--4212 |
| Parties | Duane E. HARKNESS, Petitioner, v. EMPLOYERS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent. |
| Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Warren Burnett, Associated, Richard J. Clarkson, Odessa, for petitioner.
Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Lucius D. Bunton and James M. O'Leary, Odessa, for respondent.
In this case the Court of Civil Appeals has reversed a trial court judgment overruling a plea of privilege. We have jurisdiction because of conflict with Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Williams, 166 S.W.2d 158 (), in the holding of the intermediate court here that Subdivision 5 of Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 1995, is not invoked unless the contract in writing expressly names the county of performance or a definite place therein. 497 S.W.2d 645. We approve this holding.
The application for writ of error is refused, no reversible error.
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