Ex Parte Ralston

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus directing Judge Edward B. McDermott of the Mobile County Circuit Court to transfer an action from Mobile County to Baldwin County. The writ is granted.

The plaintiff, Noval Clyde Silcox, filed this action in Mobile County Circuit Court against the defendants, Dicky Dryer and Robert Ralston, alleging that the defendants had converted his shrimp boat to their own use. Defendant Ralston filed a motion pursuant to Rule 82(d), Ala.R.Civ.P., for change of venue to Baldwin County, on the following grounds:

"1. Both of the defendants are resident citizens of Baldwin…