Nelms v. C. B. Delhomme, Inc.

WILSON, Justice.

Appellant filed suit in the County Court at Law to recover $500, the amount of a deposit, and exemplary damages. Citation was promptly served on appellees and they answered by general denial. Three months after appellant’s suit was instituted, ap-pellees filed a verified plea asserting that subsequent to the filing of appellant’s suit, they had filed a suit against him for over $2,000 in the district court for a debt “which was owing to defendant by the plaintiff at the time the instant lawsuit was filed.” They alleged the district court suit “is based on the identical issues…