Watson v. Texas State Bank of Jacksonville

WILLIAMS, Justice.

C. C. Watson, a defendant below, appeals from a decree which denied his plea of privilege to be sued in Camp County, the place of his residence.

In this suit by the Texas State Bank of Jacksonville, Texas, upon a promissory note signed “Aven and McClendon Grocery Co. by John H. Aven” payable at the office of the bank, which is in Cherokee County, the plaintiff alleged that John H. Aven, W. M. McClendon and C. C. Watson, the named defendants, were partners and operating as a partnership under the name of Aven and McClendon Grocery Company and prayed for judgment on the note…