State ex rel. Bobroff v. Braun

The question here involved is whether the defendant, after the opening of a judgment by cognovit, entered in a county other than that in which he resides, may, as a matter of right, have a change of venue to the county of his. residence.

The right to a change of venue is entirely statutory. State ex rel. Shawano County v. Werner, 181 Wis. 275, 194 N. W. 815. Hence, there must be found in the statutes the basil; for defendant’s right to a change of the place of trial. Sec. 261.01, Stats., provides:

“The proper place-of trial of civil actions is as follows, respectively: . . .

“Other actions.…