Couch v. Mallory

OPINION

UTTER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendants, O. Dean Couch, Jr., d/b/a Couch Mortgage Co., Associated Properties, Inc., and American Title Co., from an order overruling their pleas of privilege. The plaintiffs, B. Robert Mallory and Erna C. Mallory, filed this action in Nueces County seeking damages for usury and deceptive trade practices. The defendants filed pleas of privilege to be sued in Harris County. Following a hearing, the trial court denied the defendants’ pleas of privilege.

In 1978, the plaintiffs contacted Couch Mortgage Co. in Houston for the purpose of borrowing…