Faires v. Young

Citations

• 69 Tex. 482
• 6 S.W. 800
• 1888 Tex. LEXIS 883

Syllabus

<p>1. Venue — Statute Construed. — In a case where the proper venue depended on the residence of the defendant, it was found that he had gone from the county in which he had first lived to another county, and had there engaged in business, taking with him all his movable property; that he had sold his house and given possession, but had returned and was only prevented from removing his family by sickness, and it was notorious that he had removed from the county of his former residence; held, that when it is uncertain ia which of the two counties a defendant has his residence, he may be sued in either. In this case he could not properly be sued in the county where he first resided.</p>