Milam v. Langford

REYNOLDS, Justice.

The payee of a dishonored draft, which was payable in Lubbock County and was given for a mineral lease on land situated in the counties of Lamb and Hockley, filed suit in Lamb County to recover damages for the failure to pay the draft. Defendants’ plea of privilege to be sued in Lubbock County where they were domiciled was overruled. Plaintiff failed to prove an exception to defendants’ right to be sued in the county of their domicile. Reversed and rendered.

Dick C. Milam, as agent for D.L.C. Corporation whose franchise had been forfeited, secured from W. A. Langford a…