Stegall v. Lytle

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Kleberg County, Texas, overruling the pleas of privilege of James Stegall and Marvin C. Keating to be sued in the counties of their respective residences. The trial court obviously overruled the pleas under the provisions of Subdivision 7, Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.Stats., providing in effect that a defendant can be sued out of the county of his residence in a fraud case.

Appellee alleged in his petition, that appellants, James Stegall and Marvin C. Keating, falsely and fraudulently represented to him in…