Gorbett v. Berryman & Watters

The contention of the appellant that it was error to overrule his "plea of privilege" to be sued in Hale county is on the theory that the plea was a sufficient one and that appellees failed to support by proof their controverting plea intended to show he was liable to be sued in Cherokee county. The law is that a plea of privilege complying with the requirements of the statute (article 2007, R.S. 1925) when filed entitles the defendant interposing it to have the suit against him transferred for trial on its merits to the county in which he resides, unless the plaintiff files a sufficient…