Cabrera v. Texas Consumer Finance Corporation

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling defendant’s plea of privilege.

Texas Consumer Finance Corporation sued Richard J. Cabrera in the District Court of Tarrant County for the balance alleged to be due on a promissory note executed by the defendant, plus attorney’s fees and interest. Cabrera was a resident of Harris County.

The attorneys for the defendant filed a plea of privilege to be sued in Harris County. Through an oversight on the part of personnel in the defense attorney’s office, the jurat on this plea was not executed by the appropriate officer, nor was…