Quinn v. Johnston

O’QUINN, Justice.

Appellee, Johnston, brought this suit in the district court of Harris County against appellant, Quinn, for damages for the breach of an alleged written contract of date June 10, 1937, in which appellant had agreed to sell to him, appellee, a 1/64 royalty of all the oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under 2,394.36 acres of land, being sections 34, 36, 38, and 40, H. & T. C. Ry. Co. surveys, in Newton County, Texas. Damages were prayed in the sum of $10,-475.15, with legal interest from June 26, 1937.

Appellant duly filed his plea of privilege to be sued in the county of…