Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Mershon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines Municipal Court. — J. E. Mershon, Judge. Original proceeding in this court brought to test the legality of an order by the municipal court of the city of Des Moines, refusing to the plaintiff herein a change of place of trial in g, certain action pending in such municipal court wherein Levich was plaintiff and the complainant herein was defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. Venue : change of venae: carriers : agency. I. The case pending in the municipal court is entitled Hymon Levich v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. The action was brought upon a pay *893check issued by the railway company to one Ignacio Mendez, and purporting to have been endorsed by such payee. Such check was not payable at any particular place. The defendant in such action (plaintiff herein) filed a motion to change the place of trial to Lee County, Iowa, and supported such motion with a showing that such railway company operated a line of road in Lee County, Iowa, and that it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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