Grainger v. Gottlieb
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Williámson County Court; F. D. Love, Judge. Suit by J. Gottlieb against C. J. Grainger. From a judgment overruling defendant’s plea of privilege, he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrady, J.
This appeal is from a judgment overruling appellant’s plea of privilege. The suit is for damages for alleged breach of contract, arising from the failure of appellant, who was defendant below, to deliver two cars of corn to appellee. Appellant filed his plea of privilege to be sued in Anderson county, where he resided. For venue in Williamson county, appellee relied upon subdivision 5 of article 1830, Rev. Stat., which authorizes suit to be brought in the county where a person has contracted in writing to perform his obligation.
There is no doubt that the contract, if there was one, was…
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