Legal Opinion

Willis v. Shaw

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 23, 1936No. 3314Published

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Justice.

This is a suit by Willis and wife against James Shaw, banking commissioner, South Texas Bank & Trust Company, a banking corporation, domiciled in Bexar county, and George D. Miers of Val Verde county. The two defendants first named filed pleas claiming the privilege of being sued in the Seventy-Third district court of Bexar county. The controverting affidavit sought to sustain the venue in Val Verde county under sections 4 and 29a, of the venue statute, because of Miers’ residence in said county. The pleas were sustained and the venue changed to the Seventy-Third district…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kidder v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. First Natl. Bank in Dallas v. PierceTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Fox v. ConeTexas Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Pearson v. Guardian Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  5. Hall v. Eastland CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923

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