Sander v. Dieseth

Mandamus to compel the district court for Otter Tail county to set aside its order denying defendants’ motion for a change of venue on the ground that an impartial trial cannot be had in Otter Tail county.

Suit was instituted by Opal Sander, as special administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, Archie Willie Wilson, against defendants for their alleged negligence in causing the death by drown ing of plaintiff’s decedent. Defendants, as a contractor and a subcontractor, were employed by the city of Fergus Falls to do certain street excavation work, during the course of which a deep hole…