Parks v. Jenkins

J. A. Parks, the appellant, filed this suit in the county court of Kent county, Tex., against the appellees G. C. Jenkins and the First National Bank of Jayton, Tex., to recover a balance of $407.50, with 10 per cent, interest and attorney fees thereon, evidenced by a note executed by G. C. Jenkins and payable to J. A. Parks. The appellant also sought to foreclose a chattel mortgage on personal property fully described in Ms petition, the value of which he alleged to be $400.

The appellees each filed a plea attacking the jurisdiction of the court because appellant’s allegation that the…