Hess v. Young

HALE, Justice.

Mrs. Mary Young and husband instituted this suit in the District Court of Johnson County against Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, on two vendor’s lien notes. Defendant filed her plea of privilege in statutory form asserting her right to be sued in Camp County. Plaintiffs seasonably controverted the plea upon the ground that their suit was based on a written contract performable in Johnson County. After a hearing on the issue thus joined, the court overruled the plea of privilege and defendant has appealed. The controlling question in the case is whether the competent evidence adduced upon…