Legal Opinion
Sumner v. Volunteer State Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 4, 1936No. 1605PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESLIE, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Taylor county overruling *1080a plea of privilege filed by G. W. Sumner and wife to be sued in Lubbock county.
The Volunteer State Life Insurance Company instituted this suit June' 5, 1935, in Taylor county, against said Sumner and wife on certain promissory notes executed by them and secured by a deed of trust on lands in Lubbock county.
The appellants filed their plea of privilege and the appellee controverted same, claiming venue of the suit to be in Taylor county in that the notes sued upon were expressly, by their…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Farmers' Seed & Gin Co. v. BrooksTexas Supreme Court · 1935
- Moore v. SnowballTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. v. MacDonellTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Volunteer State Life Ins. Co. v. SumnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Farmers' Seed & Gin Co. v. BrooksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
3Cited by2 opinions
- Lally v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Stevenson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942