Blair v. Scherle Irrigation Sales, Inc.

PORTER, Justice (on reassignment).

Plaintiff brought this civil action in the Circuit Court of Haakon County, claiming damages from defendant [Scherle] for an alleged breach of a contract to install an irrigation system. Scherle sought a change of venue to the Circuit Court of Walworth County as a matter of right under SDCL 15-5-6,1 claiming to be a resident of that county because the corporation’s principal place of business was located there.

The only issue we need decide is whether Scherle’s application to the court for change of venue from Haakon County to Walworth County was timely under…