Minatta v. Crook

This is an appeal by defendants from an order denying their motion for change of venue from Los Angeles County to Humboldt County on the grounds of the convenience of witnesses and that the ends of justice would be promoted by the change. The sole question presented is whether the trial court’s ruling constituted an abuse of discretion.

Plaintiff is a truck operator; he seeks to recover the sum of $67,295.79 claimed to be due as freight undercharges on lumber which he allegedly hauled for defendants from sawmills in Northern California to various outlets in Southern California, principally in…