Allied Artists Pictures Corp. v. Transcontinental Theatres, Texas, Inc.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the venue provision of Article 179b, Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann., is permissive or mandatory.

Plaintiffs, Allied Artists Pictures Corp., American International Pictures, Inc., Avco Embassy Pictures Corp., Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., United Artists Corp., Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., and Warner Bros. Distributing Corporation, sued defendant, Transcontinental Theaters, Texas, Inc., in Dallas County, alleging defendant owed plaintiffs…