Higginbotham-Bailey-Logan Co. v. Hancock

The judgment under review overruled the plea of privilege of plaintiff in error to be sued in Dallas county, the county of its residence. The two exceptions to exclusive venue in the county of one's residence, relied upon by defendants in error in their controverting plea, are subdivisions 4 and 14 of article 1995, R.S. 1925. We shall consider in this opinion subdivision 14 only, which reads as follows:

"Lands. Suits for the recovery of lands or damages thereto, or to remove incumbrances upon the title to land, or to quiet the title to land, or to prevent or stay waste on lands, must be…