Republic National Bank of Dallas v. Estes

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order sustaining a plea of privilege. The appellant sued Burnett Estes on ten promissory notes signed by Estes and payable to appellant, and for foreclosure of a deed of trust lien on land situated in Denton County, Texas. The appellee Dan Gibbs was made a defendant on an allegation that he was the record owner of the land. No money judgment was sought against him — only foreclosure. Although he was a resident of Dallas County, where the suit was filed, he filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Denton County, where the land is…