Caughan v. Urquhart

I cannot agree to the reversal of this judgment, on the ground that the plea of privilege should have been sustained. In the plaintiffs' petition a good cause of action was stated against the defendant, who resided in Hunt county, where the suit was filed. If that defendant made no answer, a valid judgment might have been rendered against him by default. If, on a trial, the plaintiff had proved the facts he alleged, a similar judgment might have been rendered against the defendant on the evidence. It also appears from the cause of action stated by the plaintiffs that the resident defendant…