452.450 Where tort or contract action against corporation must be brought. Excepting the actions mentioned in KRS 452.400 to 452.420 both inclusive, and in KRS 452.430, 452.440, 452.445, 452.455, 452.465 and 452.475, an action against a corporation which has an office or place of business in this state, or a chief officer or agent residing in this state, must be brought in the county in which such office or place of business is situated or in which such officer or agent resides; or, if it be upon a contract, in the above-named county, or in the county in which the contract is made or to be performed; or, if it be for a tort, in the first-named county, or the county in which the tort is committed. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 72.