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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
*~TOIINLIGENERAL
rmlt to do hu~inenn
or lend on the
da sdomlollem mnd *residemoe’ 8re not in-
lqeably, such ir not alwayr the came.
perwm wnf hate only one dowlolle while he
h8ve wor8 th8n on8 remiaenoe. mCmeloil em,
8~ oontrrdl8tin&rhed fr o l
mrerldmoe’, the leml
ae8ns home,
the pemanent boas; whereme, lr er idenCem memal present nbld-
IRK pl8ce lrr8~eotlve of the lotual damloile or le-1 home.
Tbu~, 8 perman IMY be med in 8nv oountp wherein he har l red-
dence, but he m8y not rote in my Oounty other th8n the one ln
whloh he h88 him domloiYe.
A eornontlnn 18 8 le&a1 entity oreated by 18~ for
8ert8in mpeolfled purpo8em, 81 thee@! mob OorpontJan
do m8y
bualnemm ln ether state glvinC: ltm eonrent
8ny thereto by
proner perwi t . The lop1 howe -- t.he dnsl ail e -- af a eor-
pant3on JIJ the ltmte mmtlnr to It a charter. It 4r there
$bP oorpor8tion jr h o r n,lnd there It maaf be burled. The state
tn lhfsh wOh osrpr8ttnn ln ruthorired by nemlt to dr bmplnepr
OPT ln neTiPe Oh8nge the corpor8tm entity, nor 08n It ~l~rolle
it* It can ereroiee eortnin sontrnl oTer the Mnn8r of 1 tp do-
inc hudnerr wlthln the pemcjttjnR nkte’p trrritory, but thin
:t ;;; Om~?lfion upon rhloh It 1~ Permitted to do bumlnerr there
l nne of th8 u-81 eoadltio7ia 18 th8t 8n otilc8 be mpln-
t+lned# Or 8 realdent 8mnt for 8enioe $n lo-1 prOoeed9ngp be
npyec’t but theu 8nd other r¶mil8r requ~rsaenta lre inoident81
to the pdrilega v8nted to do bumlmemrc onarr the forelF GOP-
prrte ahrter.
A corpomtlon doer not lore ltr domicile $n the ntnts
of lta cre8tion merely beo8ume through Comity It 18 permitted
te errry on 8 part of it8 corporate bumlnemr in another or any
Oumher of other rt8tes.
Speaking to thl* point, l,t1 P uld by the Wlprene
Court or thl l PtPte (gpeCi81):
lIt le br 18v aomiolledIn tbe pkte or
itr ere8tlon and q 8y nelthor rlnt8te nor em-
p8trl8te.p -- Courhr v. 9orerelpm C8ap W.lI.W.,
35 6. 1. (2) 6Qtl.
tlPtaher Cyo. Carp., lol. P, p8*c 8296, see. fWO6,
pt8tpP the rule thuor
*a**.
.'A oorpor8tlon IUP itr leyl domlolle In
th eeeuntrf o r ltmte by or under whame 18~8 lt
p88 oPa8ted, and la th8t country or 8t8te only,
erm thou* it ay he enpped in budne88 8nd
b a we ln Off*08 fn 8nOth e r o o u ntr pOr atate. I%-
llks 8 n8turPl person, 8 oorporPtion 08nnot
ohanre ltp dOmlells 8t Pill, 8nd 81thmu(thit
m18~be permitted to trpnprct burlneaa whers
it8 oh8rter doe8 not oper8te, it doe8 sot an
th8t 8OOotmt 88qujre a resldenoe or dnmlolle
ther. .‘P
80 Corpur Jurlm Seetandem !&IO*1794, doalsrtm!
*One tow1
t of the dootrlne th8t 8 Corpor8-
tlom e8nnot nigr8ter but wurt dwell in the plmee
Of fit8 er.8tibn. 18 thrt 8 COrIWUtlIm, ln eO
f8r PB it e8n ba reg8rdmd 88 8 ‘ eltl~en,’ ‘resi-
F
41.3
~morsble l!. A. Jssi son - prre 3
aentr’ er ‘lnb8bItant~’ 81 It MT ho for tbe
prpa80 Ot jUriediOti@n 8nd to? a8af ether
mrpO808r la 8 eitiam, r88ide?It, sod inh8bi-
toat at tbe rkte err eotmtry by or under the
lmr et rbleh 'itp88 ore8te4, ma et th8t
8titi or WtOVt+J Oely, OVm thou@ it ~8y be
(lolag buelae8e in mother st8te or awntry
in eempliaaao with lOW1 18-8 ma m8J h8+0
yrt 811
or It8 property there! a nd lTon
of
tbOU@h - Or 811 Of it8 OttiOer8, UOWbW8,
lT 8tOOkbO~dO~8 8N Oiti8a,# Or wbje8t# Ot
8aother st8te or emmt.ry.*
We 8ro of the
epInIan th8t the werds wdmlolled
ir, thIo st8te’ 8rO used
In Art1018 6, eb8pter V, of the Texsr
y8nkin$ cOa8r in the 8088pt@d 8an Of the feF¶3 ‘dmiOile’ 88
8ppIieato 8erpor8tIen8~
ObrlOrrs~y, tbe purp0s0 of the llmlt8tlonof invert-
m@ntfr t0 tbte lh8MP Of 8toOk in 8880~18t1On8 @PdOlle~ --in this
m wee be08988 woh 888pel8flOn8 would be WbjeCt St 811
:::;a to leg~sl8tire oontral and state eupenl~lon and r¶~Ita-
YOK, at eaUrwb te ~WP extent, 8nd tar tbe time being
a fo;eIcn eorpnntion doing burlnesr in thlr state under 8
)emlt. Ic mbjeot to l upeWi8ion 8nd rl~It8tlm -- whIl8 the
per81 t eXI at8 -- but woh pornits 8re tar relbtlrely l short
time - one fo8r -- whi\o the l~~estment in the rtaak ot such
ta r el~ lo r p o r a tla 18 8 apermaaent one. Thus, it Is orslfy
mm tb8t porbrps the oontrolllng retire tnr the pentitted ln-
t0*?aewt -- oonst8at w~~-~l~lon 8nd lIdt8tten -- BI@t be lost
to the 6t8te by tho T8lWt8ry sot at tbe 88sOplrtion’~ rafurl
to oontlnuo bu~Ino~~ in thlr Ut8t.e.
Arriebat
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion