J. E. Johnson Const. Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Brenham

In this proceeding the JiHrst National Bank of Brenham sued the individual members of the copartnership of J. E. Johnson Construction Company for damages for their alleged breach of a contract in writing to construct a building for the bank at Brenham in Washington county, averring that the defendants were all residents of McLennan county, but seeking to hold them in Washington county under subdivision 5 of Revised Statutes, art. 1830; the bank declared upon the contract in detail, alleging that it had advertised for bids for the construction of the building under written plans and…