State ex rel. Time Insurance Co. v. Superior Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus. This matter comes before this court on the petition of the relator for a peremptory writ of mandamus, to change the place of trial of a certain action in which S. D. Wenneby is plaintiff, and the Time Insurance Company, a domestic insurance corporation, defendant, from the superior court of Douglas county to Milwaukee county.
1Opinion of the CourtDoerfler, J.
Prior to the enactment of ch. 334 of the Laws of 1919, sec. 2619 of the Statutes provided-that in actions against corporations existing under the laws of this state, excepting those mentioned in the fourth subdivision of said statute, the proper place of trial was either in the county in which ,the corporation is situated or has its principal office or place of business, or in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose.
*271It appears from the complaint that the plaintiff,. under a written contract entered into at the city of Superior in said Douglas county, became the district…
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