Milligan v. Southern Express, Inc.

The problem involved in the certified questions is whether a given contractual relationship between two domestic corporations makes one of them “an agency or representative” of the other within the meaning of subdivision 23 of the venue statute (Art. 1995, Vernon’s Tex. Civ. Stats. Ann.) which we quote (with the pertinent provision underscored) as follows:

“Corporations and Associations. — Suits against a private corporation, association, or joint stock company may be brought in the county in which its principal office is situated; or in the county in which the cause of action or part thereof…