Pharr v. Medaris Company

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellee Medaris Company, Inc., sued appellant Kenneth Pharr in Dallas County, for debt for merchandise sold and delivered. Appellant, a resident of Lubbock County, filed a plea of privilege asking that the cause be transferred to Lubbock County for trial.

In its controverting plea appellee alleged that venue properly lay in Dallas County under Article 1995, § 5, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. St. because Tommy Starnes, duly authorized agent and store manager for appellant, signed a written agreement which provided among other things as follows : “This and subsequent orders payable in…