Maddox v. Brooks

1. Under tlie constitution of this State (art. 6, sec. 16, par. 4, Civil Code, § 6541), suits against joint obligors and joint promisors may be brought and tried in the county in which any of them reside. Hence, when in an action it is alleged that the account sued upon was the joint undertaking of two persons, one of whom resides in the county in which the suit is pending, the other defendant can not file a plea to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that he resides in another county. Such a plea, if filed, would be properly stricken on general demurrer.

2. It follows, from the…