Matlock v. Fry

Matloeh sued for the recovery of the possession of “fifty-three acres of corn, standing ,in the field, supposed to be twenty-three hundred bushels,” &c.

At the first term of the Court, Matloeh filed his affidavit, that, “because of the odium in which he was held by the citizens of the county,” he could not have justice, &c., and moved the Court to grant him a change of venue to some other county. The record does not show any disposition of this motion. The defendant demurred to the complaint, which was sustained.

*484It is insisted that the Court erred in not sustaining the motion to change the…