Hoover v. Horton

LUMPKIN, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the court sustaining appellee’s plea of privilege to be sued in Lubbock County, the county of his domicile, rather than in Deaf Smith County, where, the appellant contends, venue is fixed by Article 1995, Subdivisions 9 and 14, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes.

The appellant, Charlie Hoover, and the appellee, G. K. Horton, operate neighboring farms in Deaf Smith County. Alleging damages in the amount of $1,546 to his growing crops, fences, and land by reason of the manner in which appellee had plowed his farm, the appellant instituted this…