Halliday v. Crews
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Smith County; J. R. Warren, Judge. Action by C. C. Crews against T. W. Hal-liday and others. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, the named defendant and another appeal. This was a suit by appellee Crews against C. C. Ford and against appellee S. E. Halli-day and appellants T. W. Halliday and' H. L. Halliday as partners doing business under the name “T. W. Halliday Lumber Company.”
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Appeal from District Court, Smith County; J. R. Warren, Judge. Action by C. C. Crews against T. W. Hal-liday and others. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, the named defendant and another appeal. This was a suit by appellee Crews against C. C. Ford and against appellee S. E. Halli-day and appellants T. W. Halliday and' H. L. Halliday as partners doing business under the name “T. W. Halliday Lumber Company.” The “statement of the nature and result of the suit” in appellants’ brief is as follows : “C. O. Crews filed this suit in the district court of Smith county, Tex., on November 9, 1920, against…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] In propositions under their assignment that the court erred in overruling their plea of privilege, appellants insist that the suit was not triable in Smith county unless it plainly appeared, and they say it did not, that they had contracted in writing to pay the notes sued upon there. The-conclusion of the trial court that they' had contracted to pay the notes in Smith county was based on the fact that the notes by their terms were payable there, the fact that Ford conveyed his rights under the contract with Crews to T. W. Halliday, and agreed that T. W.…
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