Inter Insurance Exchange of the Chicago Motor Club v. Wagstaff

We are presently concerned only with the legality of the service on the defendant in Van "Wert county, under a summons issued in Allen county upon a petition filed against him in the Court of Common Pleas of Allen county. For the purposes of this decision, the averments of the petition must be taken as true.

As a general proposition, the venue of civil actions is a matter wholly within the legislative discretion.

Section 6308, General Code, provides:. “Actions for injury to a. person or property, caused by the negligence of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle, may be brought, by the person…