State ex rel. Flambeau River Lumber Co. v. Reid

Upon the facts stated the circuit court properly denied the motion for change of venue. The statute provides that the proper place of trial of an action against a corporation such as is the defendant is the county in which the corporation is “situated or has its principal office or place of business, or in which the cause of action or some part *481thereof arose.” Sec. 261.01 (6), Stats. Thus if the cause of action or some part thereof arose in Lincoln county, that county is a proper place of trial, and being a proper place of trial the venue cannot be changed as matter of right.

It was held in…