Leveridge v. Quintana

BATEMAN, Justice.

This appeal involves only the venue of a third-party action. The appellees Alberto Quintana and wife, having been sued by the assignee of a promissory note signed by them, filed a third-party complaint against appellants, trading as Blue Ribbon Food Service, payee in the note, seeking indemnity and judgment over for the amount of any judgment rendered against them. Appellants’ plea of privilege to be sued in Tar-rant County was overruled on the ground that the note had been obtained by fraud committed in Dallas County, within the meaning of Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Art. 1995,…