In a suit in which a plaintiff properly joins two or more claims or causes of action arising from the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences, and one of the claims or causes of action is governed by the mandatory venue provisions of Subchapter B, the suit shall be brought in the county required by the mandatory venue provision.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 15.004
MANDATORY VENUE PROVISIONS GOVERNS MULTIPLE CLAIMS
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Allison v. Fire Insurance Exchange (2002)
Most recently applied in Pinto Technology Ventures, L.P. v. Sheldon (May 2017)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 138, Sec. 1, eff
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