State Ex Rel. Havens v. District Court of Faribault

This case comes here on an application for a writ of mandamus to direct the transfer of a suit brought in Ramsey county by relator against George S. Smith as administrator of the estate of Edith E. Blair to quiet the title to certain personal property in plaintiff’s possession in St. Paul. The venue was changed to Faribault county, where defendant resides and where he was appointed administrator. The district court of that county refused to remand the case to Ramsey county on motion made upon the theory that the case was local and properly triable where plaintiff resides and has possession of…