Svendson v. American Indemnity Co. of Galveston

REGAN, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Douglas W. Svendson, Vernon E. Svendson and Troye A. Svend-son, as owners, instituted this suit against the defendants, James Hoffa, engaged in business under the trade name of IToffa’s Builders Service, and his insurer, the American Indemnity Company of Galveston, Texas, endeavoring to recover the sum of $1,500, together with $500 attorney’s fee, as damages for the breach of a written building contract entered into on April 18, 1950, by the aforementioned parties.

The defendant, James Hoffa, pleaded to the jurisdiction of the court ratione personae, which was…