Middlebrook & Brother v. David Bradley Manufacturing Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Certified Questions from Court of Civil Appeals for First District,, in an appeal from Jackson County.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
Appellee brought action against appellants on three promissory notes, executed by the latter, one for $67.50,. another for $518.29, and the other for $160. First two made payable in county in which action was brought, but the other named no place of payment.
The larger note had on it the following memorandum: “March 8,
1887. Credit by new note, $160.”
Defendants not being residents of the county in which action was-brought, pleaded their privilege to be sued in the county of their residence on the note for $160, and to the jurisdiction of the court as to the others, on the…
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