OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVERSELLERS 

*~TOIINLI GENERAL 

rmlt to do hu~inenn 

or lend on the 

da sdomlollem mnd *residemoe’ 8re not inl qeably, such ir not alwayr the came. 

perwm wnf hate only one dowlolle while he 

h8ve wor8 th8n on8 remiaenoe. mCmel oil em, 

8~ oontrrdl8tin&rhed fr o l m rerldmoe’, ae8ns the leml home, 

the pemanent boas; whereme, l r er idenCem mema l present nbldIRK pl8ce lrr8~eotlve of the l otual damloile or le-1 home. 

Tbu~, 8 perman IMY be med in 8nv oountp wherein he har l reddence, 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 m8y do 

bualnemm ln 8ny ether state glvinC: ltm eonrent thereto by 

proner perwi t . The lop1 howe -- t.he dnsl ail e -- af a eorpant3on JIJ the l tmte mmtlnr to It a charter. It 4r there 

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$bP oorpor8tion jr h o r n, l nd there It maaf be burled. The state 

tn l hfsh 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 doinc 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 mplnt+lned# Or 8 realdent 8mnt for 8enioe $n lo-1 prOoeed9ngp be 

npyec’t but theu 8nd other r¶mil8r requ~rsaenta l re inoident81 

to the pdrilega v8nted to do bumlmemrc onarr the forelF GOPprrte 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,t 1 P uld by the Wlprene 

Court or thl l PtPte (gpeCi81): 

l It le br 18v aomiolled In tbe pkte or 

itr ere8tlon and q 8y nelthor rlnt8te nor emp8trl8te.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 

the eeuntrf or l tmte 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 l n Off*08 fn 8nOther o o untrp Or atate. I%- 

llks 8 n8turPl person, 8 oorporPtion 08nnot 

ohanre ltp dOmlells 8t Pill, 8nd 81thmu(th it 

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 inh8bitoat at tbe rkte err eotmtry by or under the 

lmr et rbleh 'it p88 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 or 811 of It8 property there! a nd l Ton 

tbOU@h - Or 811 Of it8 OttiOer8, UOWbW8, 

l T 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 

8ppIiea to 8erpor8tIen8~ 

ObrlOrrs~y, tbe purp0s0 of the llmlt8tlon of invertm@ntfr t0 tbte l h8MP 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¶~ItaYOK, 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 ell ~ orpor a tl18 aa 8 permaaent one. Thus, it Is orslfy 

mm tb8t porbrps the oontrolllng retire tnr the pentitted lnt0*?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. 

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