224                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 2

actions, whether local or transitory which
fit the general rule, and providing
exceptions to that rule in those cases where
the local action venue requirements retain
some viability.

Sec. 6-202 contains additional venues
permitted in certain instances, and §6-203
contains exceptions to which the general rule
does not apply.

Other venue provisions, not included in this
title are found in Art. 47, §1 - Insolvents,
Art. 78A, §91 — Public Service Companies,
Art. 43, §108 - Failure to abate nuisances,
§3-818 of this Article, formerly Art. 26,
§70-4 - Juvenile Causes, §3-203 of this
Article, formerly Art. 7, §17 — Arbitration
and Award, Art. 93A, §202 - Minors.
Additional provisions may exist which are so
intimately related to the substantive
provisions to which they apply as to make
inclusion here inadvisable.

This section states the general rule with
respect to venue as set forth in Art. 75, §§
75 (a) and 75A(a) and the interpretation of

this section in Zouck v._Zouck, 204 Md. 285

(1954) which held that Art. 75, §75 was
applicable in equity proceedings.

Subsection (b) contains the multiple
defendant provisions presently appearing in
Art. 75, §75 (b) with respect to tort actions,
Art. 50, §5 with respect to contract actions
and Art. 16, §§ 100 and 101 with respect to
suits in equity.

Current law with respect to venue is unclear
when a plaintiff sues both corporate and
individual defendants. This draft attempts
to minimize distinctions between corporate
and individual defendants insofar as
possible. Subsection (b) allows a plaintiff
who is suing both corporate and individual
defendants the choice of any forum allowed
under subsection (a) with respect to any
single defendant.

The draft also attempts to minimize the
distinction between local and transitory