Ballard v. Shock

LESLIE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory judgment of the trial court in sustaining a plea of privilege of the defendant Floyd Shock to be sued in Bexar county, Tex.

The plaintiff, T. E. Ballard, brought this suit in the district court of Haskell county, Tex., to recover a statutory penalty for alleged usury against Floyd Shock of Bex-ar county, Tex., Earl Morrison of Mitchell county, Tex., and C. G. Gay of Haskell county, Tex. The appellee Shock filed his plea of privilege to be sued in Bex-ar county and in due time the .plaintiff filed his controverting plea to the same.

Ballard…