H. Molsen & Co., Inc. v. Harp and Lovelace

REYNOLDS, Justice.

A plea of privilege directed to a suit for declaratory judgment was overruled. Plaintiffs failed to prove their pleaded general venue rule exceptions that there existed a contract performable by, or that a cause of action arose against, the defendant in the county of suit. Reversed and rendered.

Harp and Lovelace, a partnership composed of Elbert E. Harp and Joe Lovelace, and Joe Lovelace individually filed this suit in Hale County where they resided, seeking a declaratory judgment determining the rights of the parties under two cotton crop contracts executed by Lovelace for…