Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. v. Coryell

LAVENDER, Justice.

Petitioner, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, a foreign corporation, seeks in this original proceeding a writ of prohibition directed to the respondent, Judge of the District Court of the Judicial District which includes Creek County, Oklahoma, to restrain and prohibit said respondent from continuing to exercise jurisdiction over petitioner in a cause now pending in the respondent’s court. The thrust of petitioner’s argument is that venue is improperly laid in Creek County regarding petitioner because it is a foreign corporation and such entities are entitled to be…