Compton v. Elliott

This appeal is from a judgment of the trial court sustaining the defendant's plea of privilege to be sued in Shackelford county, where he resided. The suit was one for damages based on alleged malicious prosecution of the plaintiff, Compton, by the defendant, Elliott, resulting from the indictment, trial, etc., of the appellant, Otis Compton, in the district court of Stephens county for the alleged theft of a cow owned by the appellee, Elliott, the prosecuting witness. The plaintiff's petition contained the usual allegations in such cases, the substance of the same being that the indictment…