Gambill v. Mathes

GUITTARD, Justice.

In this appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege our question is whether the proof establishes that the estate of Charles R. Mathes, deceased, is being “administered” in Dallas County within Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1995, subdv. 6, which provides:

“If the suit is against an executor, administrator or guardian, as such, to establish a money demand against the estate which he represents, the suit may be brought in the county in which such estate is administered.”

We hold that the estate is being “administered” in Dallas County, since the independent…