Texas Moline Plow Co. v. Biggerstaff
Texas Moline Plow Co. v. Biggerstaff
Opinion of the Court
Appellee, Biggerstaff, instituted this suit in the county court to recover alleged damages for the breach of a contract by appellant, entered into between them on the 21st day of October, 1912. It is alleged that by the terms of the contract certain goods were sold to him, and that shipment should be made, unless otherwise ordered, on the 1st day of February, 1913; that it was afterwards agreed that shipment should be made on January 1, 1913, but that defendant negligently, carelessly, and without just excuse, failed and refused to make the shipment until about the latter part of March, 1913, resulting in plaintiff’s damage. The defendant duly filed its plea of privilege to be sued in Dallas county, alleging that it is a corporation; that its place of residence and domicile was at the time of filing the suit, of service of process upon it, and at the time of filing the plea, in the city of Dallas, in Dallas county; and that none of the exceptions to exclusive venue in the county of its residence existed.
The contract of sale provides that the goods purchased should be delivered on board the cars at Moline, Ill., that all payments should be made in Dallas, with express charges or by exchange on Dallas, St. Louis, and New York, and contains this paragraph:
“It is further covenanted and agreed that all rights,. remedies and relief and all claims, causes of action or complaints, accruing or to accrue, to or by, for or against, either of the parties *342 or the party to this contract, from any cause or by reason of any breach or any failure of either party to comply with this, or any part of this, or any other contract, as well as all payments to be made under or in pursuance of this contract, or any other contract, shall be and are hereby made performable and recoverable in the city and county of Dallas.”
The judgment is therefore reversed, and the cause remanded, with instructions to transfer the same to the proper court of Dallas county.
Reversed and remanded.
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