Stockyards National Bank v. Maples

Mr. Judge SMEDLEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

The nature of the cause and the questions to be answered are thus stated in the certificates from the Court of Civil Appeals :

“W. I. Maples filed this suit in a justice court in Eastland County against J. E. Tucker and Stockyards National Bank, a corporation, to recover $190.00 alleged to be due him as pasturage. The bank filed its statutory plea of privilege to be sued in Tarrant County, the county of its domicile. This plea was timely controverted by Maples. One of the exceptional provisions relied upon by him to…