IN RE TRANSCONTINENTAL REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

No. 07-0608.

271 S.W.3d 270 (2008)

In re TRANSCONTINENTAL REALTY INVESTORS, INC., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell Madden, Thomas V. Murto III, Melissa Ann Johnson, MaddenSewell, LLP, Dallas TX, for Relator.

Lewis L. Isaacks, Mark A. Walsh, Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon, & Roberts, P.C., Plano TX, for Real Party in Interest.


PER CURIAM.

The question here is whether an amendment to the permissive-venue statute in the 1980s should be interpreted to eliminate businesses from every venue statute that refers to where a party "resides." We hold that it should not, and thus the defendant corporation here is entitled to be sued in Dallas County where it "resides."

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