American Motorists Insurance Co. v. Starnes

Appellant, American Motorists Insurance Co., is an Illinois corporation authorized to do business in Texas with its principal office in Dallas County. As such, it is a “person” and an “inhabitant” of Texas having its “domicile” in Dallas County for the purposes of Texas’ general venue statute, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 1995 (1964). Snyder v. Pitts, 241 S. W. 2d 136 (Tex. 1951). Article 1995 provides, with specified exceptions: “No person who is an inhabitant of this State shall be sued out of the county in which he has his domicile . . . .” The exceptions pertinent to this case are…