Smith v. First Nat. Bank in Groveton, 11067.
Decision Date | 12 December 1940 |
Docket Number | No. 11067.,11067. |
Citation | 146 S.W.2d 270 |
Parties | SMITH v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN GROVETON. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Trinity County; E. T. Murphy, Judge.
Suit by the First National Bank in Groveton against F. A. Smith to recover on certain partnership notes and defendant's guaranty of payment thereof. From judgment overruling his plea of privilege, defendant appeals.
Reversed and remanded, with instructions.
Adams & Morgan, of Crockett, for appellant.
Crow & Chessher, of Groveton, for appellee.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Special Ninth District Court of Trinity County, of date January 13, 1940, overruling a plea of personal privilege of the defendant, F. A. Smith, in cause No. 6760 on the docket of such court, styled First National Bank in Groveton v. W. H. Moore et al., to be sued therein in Houston County, where he resided, rather than in Trinity County where the venue was laid.
The appellee concedes this to be a substantially correct statement of the nature and result of the suit, to-wit:
This further résumé of what are deemed the most material if not the controlling features of the evidence heard below upon the issues thus joined by appellant's plea of privilege and the controverting affidavit of the appellee bank, taken from the former's brief, is thought to be correct, if not in fact without dispute:
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