Loop Cold Storage Co. v. South Texas Packers, Inc.

REAVLEY, Justice.

This is a venue case. Petitioner Loop Cold Storage Co. has been held in the county of suit (Nueces) by the lower courts as a necessary party under subdivision 29a of Art. 1995, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. We hold that it is not a necessary party to the Nueces suit and sustain its plea to be sued at the place of its business, Bexar County.

South Texas Packers, Inc. brought this suit in Nueces County against three corporate defendants: Loop Cold Storage Co., Alford Refrigerated Warehouses, Inc., and Frozen Food Express, Inc. Each of the defendants has its principal place of business…