Ex Parte Adamson

This is a mandamus proceeding to change venue.

The plaintiff, Ray, Peoples and White, Inc., is engaged in the business of land surveying. Its business office is located in Talladega County, Alabama. The defendant Fletcher Adamson is a resident of Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He contracted with the plaintiff for a survey of some land which he owned in Tallapoosa County. Subsequent to the defendant's request that the survey work be terminated, the plaintiff brought suit in the District Court for Talladega County for the work and labor already performed under the contract. The defendant moved to…