Grewell v. Walden

This is an action brought in San Joaquin County to recover the possession of a quantity of cord wood, alleged to have been taken from the plaintiff’s possession in Stanislaus County, and then detained in the County of San Joaquin. The defendant recovered judgment, from which the plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff, after issue joined, moved the Court for a change of venue to Stanislaus County, alleging in his affidavit that his right to the wood depended upon his title and possession of the latid from which the wood was cut, which lay in Stanislaus County, and that the convenience of witnesses,…