Porter Foods, Inc. v. Brown

Steele Hays, Justice.

This case comes to us on a petition for writ of prohibition. The respondent Charles Swafford filed a complaint against petitioner, Porter Foods, in Greene County, Arkansas, alleging breach of employment contract and breach of a stock purchase agreement. Summons was served on the president of Porter Foods in Pulaski County and also on Steve Mitchell, a sales representative for Porter Foods who resides and works in Greene County. Porter filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, contending that venue was governed by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 27-6131, where the defendant resides or is…