A. Wettermark & Son v. Burton

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This was an action of debt brought by A. Wettermark & Son against Geo. M. Burton. The- defendant pleaded to the venue both by demurrer to the petition and a plea in bar. A jury was waived and the plea was submitted to the court, who heard the evidence, sustained the plea, and dismissed the suit. The cause of action as alleged in the petition is upon a note for the sum of $3000, executed to the plaintiff by the defendant Burton and one McNeil Chapman, dated March 7, 1900, and due and payable in the town of Nacogdoches on January 7, 1901, with interest at the rate of 10…