Holt v. Farmer

The plaintiff in error, D. E. Holt, brought this suit in the district court of Wheeler county, against the defendant in error, R. E. Farmer, to recover the amount alleged to be due on three promissory notes executed by Farmer. The latter resides in Collingsworth county, and this fact is alleged in the petition of the plaintiff, Holt.

The petition is silent as to where the notes are payable, and no other fact is alleged showing venue in Wheeler county. The defendant, Farmer, filed his original ¿nswer to the plaintiff’s petition, and therein pleaded, in the order named: (1) General demurrer; (2)…