Russell v. District Court

The action by Yawter in the district court was upon a written contract payable in Linn County. The petitioner is and was a resident of Dallas County, Iowa. Pursuant to Subsection 6 of Section 3505, Code Supplement, 1913, the petitioner filed an answer in the Yawter suit, purporting to allege fraud in the inception of the contract, constituting a complete defense thereto. Predicated upon such answer, and upon the fact of his residence in Dallas County, he presented his application for a change of venue to that county. The resistance to such application was predicated, in substance, upon the…