Lebow v. Weiner

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case. The plaintiff in the court below, appellee here, filed suit in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, for specific performance of a contract to sell land, in which contract he was the vendee of the land in question. Defendant in the court below, appellant here, filed a plea of privilage to be sued in Harris County, the County of his residence.

Plaintiff duly filed his controverting affidavit alleging a right to maintain the action in Galveston County under the provisions of Subdivision 5, Article 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St.

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