Hagan v. Anderson

This is a venue case. The plaintiff, Sam Anderson, brought suit in Zavala County against C. O. Hagan et al. for a real estate commission and to foreclose liens on lands lying in Zavala County.

Defendant Hagan filed a plea of privilege to be sued in his home county, Hidal-go County. The plaintiff answered that venue was maintainable in Zavala County, where the land was, because of the provisions of Section 12 of Article 1995 1 which says, “A suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage or other lien, may be brought in the county where the property . . . subject to such lien is situated.”

The defendant…