Ex Parte the Alabama Great Southern R.R.

Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company ("AGS") and Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("Norfolk Southern"), the defendants in an action pending in the Greene Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit court to vacate its order denying AGS's motion to transfer the action to the Jefferson Circuit Court, pursuant to § 6-3-7, Ala. Code 1975, the statute relating to venue for actions against corporations, and § 6-3-21.1, Ala. Code 1975, the forum nonconveniens statute. Because the facts of this case clearly show that under § 6-3-7 Greene County is not a proper venue for…