M. Russ Light v. Transport Insurance Company

Plaintiff, M. Russ Light (hereinafter called "Light"), doing business as American Insurance Agency, originally brought this suit against Transport Insurance Company (hereinafter called "Transport"), and Transport Insurance Agency (hereinafter called "Agency"), of Dallas County, and Excess House and its partners, Epstein, Marks & Gerry, of Harris County, for damages for wrongful interference with the insurance business relations existing between Light and H. S. Anderson Trucking Company of Port Arthur, Texas (hereinafter called "Anderson"). The pleas of privilege filed by Excess House and its partners to be sued in Harris County were sustained, and that order of the trial court was affirmed on appeal. 419 S.W.2d 223. Pleas of privilege filed by cross-defendants and third party defendants brought in by Excess House were also sustained.