State v. Brown

HUGHES, Justice,

This is a venue case in which the State has appealed from an order sustaining the plea of appellee Roscoe Brown to be sued in Hall County, the county of his residence.

The only evidence offered by the State or admitted by the court was its first amended original petition. This petition was incorporated in the State’s controverting affidavit by reference.

The pleadings of appellant alleged that on January 22, 1951, appellee Roscoe Brown and his brother and partner, David G. Brown, as principals, and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, as surety, executed a bond in…