Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Petroleum Transit Co.

PER Cueiam.

The proper venue for an action instituted by a foreign corporation domesticated in this state is in the county in which it maintains its principal place of business. G.S. 1-82; Crain & Denbo v. Construction Co., 250 N.C. 106 (112), 108 S.E. 2d 122.

For the purpose of establishing domestication in the manner required by G.S. 58-150, plaintiff offered in evidence certification by the Commissioner of Insurance that plaintiff had complied with each *758and every provision of Article 17, Chapter 58, of the General Statutes. This certificate was sufficient to support the court’s finding that…