Poteat v. Southern Railway Co.

HEDRICK, Judge.

G.S. 1-83 in pertinent part provides

“The court may change the place of trial in the following cases:(1) When the county designated for that purpose is not the proper one.(2) When the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.”

The plaintiff in the present case designated Guilford County as the place of trial. In his order changing the place of trial, Judge McConnell declared that “ . . . Rockingham County [is] the proper county for the trial of this action . . . . ” While the record may support the court’s conclusion that Rock-ingham County…