Stinnett v. Tom-Ken Builders, Inc.

Mu. Justice Holmes

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The parties will be referred to according to their status in Chancery Court. The defendants filed a plea in abatement to the complainants’ bill questioning the venue of the Chancery Court of Knox County. The Chancellor overruled the plea in abatement and granted a discretionary appeal to this Court.

The records shows that in July 1962 the complainants, who are residents of Loudon County, entered into a contract with Tom-Ken Builders, Inc., a corporation with its principal office in Knox County, to erect a house on a lot owned by complainants…