Mutual Savings & Loan Ass'n of Greenville v. Earnest

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. The plaintiffs, ap-pellees here, filed suit against the Mutual Savings and Loan Association of Greenville, Texas, defendant and appellant here, seeking damages for the Association’s alleged failure to honor a loan commitment. The suit was filed in Bowie County. The defendant filed a plea of privilege asserting its right to be sued in Hunt County, where its office is located. Plaintiffs controverted the plea of privilege on the ground that the suit was based on a written contract performable in Rockwall County, and requested that the plea of…