Bryant v. Aiken Petroleum Co.

Oxner, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court refusing a motion by defendant for a change of venue from Dorchester to Charleston County, upon the ground that “the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.” Code of 1952, Section 10-310(3).

The action is one to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Joseph Noorthoek III who died from injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile in which he was - a passenger and a tractor-trailer owned and operated by the defendánt Aiken Petroleum Company. The collision occurred…