Ex Parte Citizens State Bank

Citizens State Bank ("the Bank") is a corporation; its principal office is in Lamar County. It is undisputed that the Bank has never done business by agent in Jefferson County. On May 11, 2007, Bill McGee and Betty McGee filed a declaratory-judgment action against the Bank in the Jefferson Circuit Court. The Bank timely filed a motion to transfer the action to the Lamar Circuit Court. In response to the Bank's motion to transfer, the McGees argued only "that because [they] are residents of Jefferson County, Jefferson County venue is proper under § 6-3-7(a)(3)," Ala. Code 1975.

The trial court,…