Hayes v. Clarkson

Baker, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion of the plaintiff-respondent to change the venue of this action from Chesterfield County to Marion County, upon the grounds that the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be thereby promoted. The plaintiff-respondent is a resident of Dillon County, the defendant-appellant is a resident of Chesterfield County, and the action arises out of a collision between automobiles, which occurred in Marion County.

The action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Chesterfield County, and an attachment of the…