VENUE

1. Where must a proceeding to open a succession be brought?

2. There is a property damage tort suit against the Driver of truck that damaged a

car and the Company that employed the Driver. The accident occurred 5 months

ago in Rapides Parish. The Company is corporation with registered office in East

Baton Rouge Parish. Driver was domiciled in East Baton Rouge at time of

accident but has since moved to Bossier. Plaintiff resides in Acadia Parish. Where

is venue proper? Why?

3. Five months after answer was filed asserting no exceptions in tort suit, Δ

determines case is proceeding in improper venue, the Π’s domicile, and that all

witnesses and relevant facts to be found are in another parish, where the

accident actually occurred. Can anything to contest venue? To change it to the

other parish?

4. Union Parish client complains LLC contractor abandoned the job at his home and

caused him to incur greater costs so that it could move south to work on post

Katrina reconstruction projects. LLC registered business office was located in

Morehouse until last month, and is now located in St. Tammany Parish. No agent

for service of process has been appointed by company. Where will venue be

proper, and how will service of process be made on LLC?

5. Your client is sued on a contract dispute by a Terrebonne parish company. Suit

is filed in Terrebonne parish. Contract was executed in client’s home parish of

Caddo by travelling salesman of company who made sales call to client’s home.

Initial payments were sent to Terrebonne parish. Product delivered there, client

finds it unsatisfactory, refuses to pay. Is Terrebonne parish a proper venue?

Does it matter that contract client signed had a provision waiving all objections

to venue on a suit brought by seller to recover payment?

6. Π is a resident of Bossier Parish. Π wants to sue Corporation for breach of

contract. Corporation has a registered office in Calcasieu Parish. Contract was

for construction of a camp in Sabine Parish. Π signed the contract in Bossier,

Corporation signed the contract in Calcasieu. All work for the contract was

performed in Sabine. Work was supervised from Corporation’s office in

Natchitoches Parish. Where is venue proper?

7. Domestic Corporation owns and operates business in Ouachita Parish where its

ppb is located. Properly served with petition naming it as a defendant b/c one

of its moving vans caused an accident. Plaintiff’s domicile is Jackson Parish,

accident occurred in Lincoln Parish. All witnesses live in Ouachita Parish, as well

as plaintiff’s physicians. Suit was filed in Lincoln Parish. Was Petition filed in

proper place?

7(a) Could the defendant have the petition transferred to Ouachita Parish?