Eppenauer v. Scruggs

The sole question presented in this appeal is one of venue.

On February 3, 1931, plaintiffs Bob Scruggs and Leonard Proctor filed their original petition in the district court of Reeves county against defendants A. R. Eppenauer and C. G. Nelson, which petition, omitting the formal heading, reads as follows:

“Comes now Bob Scruggs, a resident of Midland County, Texas, and Leonard Proctor, a resident of Midland County, Texas, doing business as co-partners under the name of Scruggs-Proctor Buick Company, and complaining of A. R. Eppenauer, a resident of Reeves County, Texas, and of C. G. Nelson, a…