Maxwell v. Murray

Plaintiff, a resident of Ventura County, filed suit there to recover damages for alleged injury to person and property resulting from an automobile accident which occurred in Los Angeles County. Defendant-appellant Bowling’s residence is Alameda County. He therefore filed a motion for change of venue pursuant to section 395 of the Code of Civil Procedure which provides, inter alia, that: “If the action be for injury to person, or to personal property, ... or negligence, either the county where the injury occurs, ... or the county in which the defendants, or some of them, reside at the…