Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Shamrock v. Helton

It should be borne in mind that this appeal is concerned solely with the issue of venue and not with' the merits of the cause. The law is too. well established to require citation of authority that the right to be sued in the cqunty of one’s residence is a valuable right, and that the Exceptions to the venue statute must be strictly construed . and clearly established before a citizen can be deprived of his .right to be sued in the county of his domicile.

As stated in the majority opinion, the evidence is sufficient to establish that Hazel V. Helton willfully brought about the death of the…