Carter v. Gray

Mr. Judge GERMAN

delivered the opinion of Commission of Appeals, Section A.

Defendant in error, A. A. Gray, instituted this suit in the County Court of Bexar County against the plaintiff in error, Claud J. Carter and Ben H. Kelly, upon a vendor’s lien note in the sum of $420.00, which bore certain credits, the balance due at the time of filing the petition being the sum of $278.60. The sole question for decision here is whether or not the County Court had jurisdiction of the cause. Plaintiff in error Carter filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that the note sued on was a…