State Ex Rel. Smith v. District Court

Order to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue to change the place of trial from the county of Brown to the county of Hennepin. The venue was laid in Hennepin county, but on motion of defendants, residents of Brown county, the court, Winfield W. Bardwell, Judge, ordered the venue changed to Brown county. Plaintiffs claim the action to be local, defendants that it is transitory. If the latter, the writ should be denied. The complaint must furnish the basis for the decision. The substance thereof may be stated thus:

On West Lake street and James avenue in Minneapolis…