Claxton Poultry Co. v. City of Claxton

As I believe that the trial court erred in denying appellants’ motion for change of venue, I respectfully dissent to the holding in Division 1 of the majority opinion. I concur in the holdings in the remaining divisions and in the judgment.

The following facts are worthy of note. The City’s retail natural gas business did not become the profit maker it was predicted to be. In August of 1975, Evans County’s only local newspaper ran a three part series explaining why this undertaking had not been profitable and what could be done to remedy the situation. In addition to relating the history of…