§ 64.076.Suits Against Railroad Receiver: Venue and Service

A venue and service provision for the industry the chapter keeps returning to.

An action against the receiver of a railroad company may be brought in any county through or into which the railroad is constructed.

That is an exceptionally wide venue rule, and it contrasts with the general provision, which allows suit where the person whose property is in receivership resides.

The breadth matches the defendant. A railroad operates continuously across many counties, and a person injured at a crossing or a station should be able to sue where it happened.

"Through or into which" covers both the line passing through a county and a terminus within it.

Service is correspondingly flexible. Citation may be served on the receiver, the general or division superintendent, or an agent of the receiver who resides in the county in which the suit is brought.

Naming the superintendent reflects how a railroad was run — by division officers on the ground rather than from a single office.

The fallback closes the gap: where no agent resides in the county of suit, citation may be served on any agent of the receiver in this state.

So a claimant is never left unable to serve for want of a local representative, which is the practical purpose of the provision.

Read with the general suits-against-receivers section, the pattern is consistent. No leave of the appointing court is needed, venue is placed where the claim arose, and service is available through whoever is locally responsible.