Daugherty v. Garrett

POPE, Justice.

This appeal concerns Section 14 of Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats. J. E. Garrett, R. J. Garrett and Mary Pearl Cable, joined by her husband, J. D. Cable, sued Grover C. Daugherty, Jr., in San Patricio County, to cancel what they alleged to be a spurious lis pendens notice filed by Daugherty in that County, and for damages. Daugherty filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Bexar County, his residence. The trial court denied the plea. It is agreed that the lands affected are in San Patricio County. In proving the venue facts under Section 14, we look to the plaintiffs’…