Oakes Witt v. Thompson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Potter County. Tried below before Hon. J. F. Browning.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNER, Chief Justice.
— As finally cast by the pleadings, this was a suit by appellants to recover from appellee the sum of one thousand dollars, the alleged value of certain personal services for which appellee promised to pay in Potter County by a certain time, or to execute therefor promissory notes payable in Potter County. Appellee resided in Erath County and the court sustained his plea of privilege to be sued in the county of his residence.
Appellants insist that the District Court of .Potter County had jurisdiction under the seventh clause of Bevised Statutes, article 1194, because of…
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