Case Name: NEWMAN et al. v. BUFFALO PITTS CO.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-10-29
Citations: 160 S.W. 657
Docket Number: 
Parties: NEWMAN et al. v. BUFFALO PITTS CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 160
Pages: 657–658

Head Matter:
NEWMAN et al. v. BUFFALO PITTS CO.
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
Oct. 29, 1913.
On Motion for Rehearing, Nov. 26, 1913.)
1. Venue (§ 7 ) — Actions on Contract — Place of Payment.
An action on notes payable in G. county, where the makers resided, but providing that if they were not paid at maturity they should become due and payable at the payee’s office in H. county, was properly brought in H. county.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Venue, Cent. Dig. §§ 13-16; Dec. Dig. § 7. ]
2. Bills and Notes (§ 489 ) — Evidence Admissible under Pleadings.
In an action on notes, where defendants filed only a plea .of privilege which did not allege fraud, accident, or mistake, fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining the execution of the note could not be proved or considered.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bills and Notes, Cent. Dig. §§ 1587-1642; Dec. Dig. § 489. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
3. Bills and Notes (§ 103 ) — Validity — Fraud.
Where notes were payable at P. but further provided that, if they were not paid at maturity, they should become payable at the payee’s office at H., a statement of the payee’s agent that they were payable at P., with no effort to conceal the provision as to their payment at H., did not constitute fraud in obtaining the execution of the notes.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bills and Notes, Cent. Dig. §§ 233-240; Dec. Dig. § 103. ]
4. Judgment (§ 251 ) — Conformity to Pleadings.
In an action on notes, where there was no plea of fraud or misrepresentation, evidence thereof, erroneously admitted, could not form the basis for a judgment.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Judgment, Cent. Dig. § 437; Dec. Dig. § 251. ]
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Charles E. Ashe, Judge.
Action by the Buffalo Pitts Company against John Newman and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
H. E. Hoover, of Canadian, and J. H. Davenport, of Houston, for appellants. Hunt, Myer & Teagle, of Houston, for appellee.
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Opinion:
FLY, C. J.
Appellee sued John Newman, Earl Talley, A. E. Arnold, J. O. McKin ney, O. Vollmeft,' and M. S. Arnold in Harris county on certain promissory notes alleging that they resided in Gray county, Tex.; that the notes were jointly and severally executed by appellant; and that a chattel mortgage on certain property was given by them to secure the payment of the notes. Appellants pleaded their privilege to be sued in Gray county. The court rendered judgment for appellee for the amount of the promissory notes and foreclosed the mortgage lien on the personal property.
Appellants admitted in their testimony the execution of the three notes, in each of which notes it was provided that it should be paid in Gray county, but, "if this note is not paid at maturity, then it shall' become due and payable at the office of the Buffalo Pitts Company at Houston, Harris county, T&x." The notes were not paid at maturity. The venue was properly laid in Harris county, and the court correctly overruled the plea of privilege.
Appellants are in no condition to claim fraud, accident, or mistake, because they filed no pleadings upon which' to base such claim. Their only pleading was their plea of privilege, and they should not have been permitted to introduce any testimony whatever, except in support of that plea.
The case of Stacy v. Ross, 27 Tex. 3, 84 Am. Dec. 604, does not sustain the contention of appellants that, under a statutory plea of privilege, fraud in obtaining the execution of the instrument upon which the suit is founded can .be proved. Fraud, accident, or mistake is not mentioned in their plea of privilege. In the case cited there was a distinct allegation that fraud and misrepresentation were used to obtain the execution of the note. Fraud cannot be proved or considered unless it is charged in the pleadings. No case can be produced in which fraud in obtaining the execution of a note was allowed to be shown under a plea of-privilege. The assignments of error raise ho other questions, and they are overruled.
The judgment is affirmed.