Garcia v. Haynes

COMBS, Justice.

This appeal was to the San Antonio Court of Civil Appeals and is before us on transfer by the Supreme Court. The appeal is by Manuel Villarreal Garcia, one of two defendants, from an order of the district court of Webb county, Tex., overruling his plea of privilege to be sued in Zapata county, the county of his residence. The other defendant was the Laredo National Bank, which was domiciled in Webb county, where the suit was filed.

The plaintiffs, appellees here, seek to maintain venue over the appellant in Webb county under subdivisions 4 and 29a of article 1995, Vernon’s…