Wood v. Southern Shale Brick Corp.

Browning, J.,

delivered, the opinion of the court.

*366The defendant in error, which was the plaintiff in the trial court, Southern Shale Brick Corporation, sued P. A. Wood, and others, partners under the firm name of Wood Lumber and Supply Co., on an open account for the price of brick, sold and delivered, amounting to $967.00. The fact of the sale and the correctness of the account were proven.

The defendant filed a plea in abatement attacking the jurisdiction of the trial court by alleging that the cause of action arose in one or the other of two counties, neither of which was the county of the…