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The venue issue in 7R Owners Assoc. v. Prezas was whether the defendant’s “principal office” was located in Dallas County. The following testimony did not support an argument that it was located there, as opposed to Palo Pinto County:

Mr. Ruff testified in May 2022 that he lives in Dallas. And since 2013, he has worked approximately one or two days a week out of 7R’s office in Palo Pinto County. He said that he works on 7R matters during “that same timeframe,” and he spends the rest of the week working on “other matters.” Appellees argue that, because Mr. Ruff lives in Dallas and is 7R’s sole officer and employee, “to the extent that 7R does conduct ‘daily affairs’” when Mr. Ruff is not in the Palo Pinto County office, those affairs are “necessarily performed in Dallas County by Mr. Ruff.”

No. 05-22-00776-CV (Nov, 30, 2022) (mem. op.).