COUCH MORTG. CO. v. MALLORY

No. 1773.

608 S.W.2d 766 (1980)

COUCH MORTGAGE COMPANY and Associated Properties, Inc., Appellants, v. B. Robert MALLORY, Erna C. Mallory, Roy D. Mitchell, Geneva B. Mitchell, and Dorothy L. Shaw, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Coselli, Robert H. Fisher, Carl, Lee & Fisher, Sugarland, for appellants.

William Dewitt Alsup, Kim Cox, Alsup & Alsup, Corpus Christi, for appellees.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants, Couch Mortgage Company and Associated Properties, Inc., from an order overruling their pleas of privilege. Plaintiff, B. Robert Mallory, sued defendants in Nueces County on a claim of usury arising out of the execution of two promissory notes. Defendants filed their pleas of privilege to be sued in Harris County, their county of residence. Plaintiff controverted, asserting venue was maintainable...

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