Boucher v. Steffes

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion for change of venue from Fallon Counity to Yellowstone County.

Issue: Should the question of venue be reexamined whenever there is a change of parties defendant ?

The facts giving rise to this action are not in dispute. Ón May 4, 1968, defendant Joe Steffes, Jr., was involved in an automobile accident in Western North Dakota. With him was his father-in-law, plaintiff Edgar Boucher, and one John W. Trudo. The accident involved a head-on collision with a vehicle operated by Edward J. Byer.…