George v. Northwest Engineering Co.

SMITH, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the question of the sufficiency of appellee’s controverting affidavit interposed against appellant’s statutory plea of privilege. Appellee’s petition was not made a part of the controverting plea, either by adoption or by attaching it to the plea.

The suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover upon promissory notes and to foreclose a chattel mortgage upon personal property. Appellant filed his plea of privilege in statutory form. Appellee, in its controverting plea, sought to sustain venue under Subdivisions 5 and 12, of Art. 1995,…