Reavis v. Cowell

Morrison, C. J.:

This action was commenced in the District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for the county of Butte, and the *589defendant, being a resident of the county of Santa Cruz, filed his motion and affidavit to have the case transferred to the county in'which he resided, for trial. The motion was opposed by the plaintiff, on the ground that the convenience of witnesses would be subserved by retaining the cause in the county of Butte. The defendant thereupon filed another affidavit, contradicting the affidavit of the plaintiff, and tending to show that the convenience of…