Legal Opinion
Sampson v. District Court
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 20, 1979No. 28444PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee
This is an original proceeding in which petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent district court to vacate an order changing venue of Civil Action No. 78-CV-45 from San Miguel County to Ouray County. We issued a rule to show cause why the requested relief should not be granted. We now make the rule absolute.
The petitioner was a passenger in a pickup truck that was struck in the rear by a truck driven by Marshall Hughes. The accident occurred in Ouray County. Thereafter, a civil action for damages was commenced in the District Court of San Miguel County. Defendant Hughes is…
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