Wingard v. Sims

Fishburne, Justice.

This appeal is from an order refusing a motion made by the appellant for a change of venue frqm Orangeburg County to Richland County. The motion was made upon the ground that the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change, and was based upon Section 426, subdivision 3, of the 1942 Code.

The accident which gave rise to this action occurred on November 3, 1951 on the Columbia-Newberry Highway about seven miles north of the City of Columbia, at which point there was a collision between the automobile driven by Hugo S. Sims, Sr. and an…