Wiar v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shenandoah Superior Court. — Hon. W. P. Ferguson, Judge. Action for damages resulting from a collision of one of defendant’s trains with plaintiff’s automobile upon a highway crossing. There was a vérdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant has appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The action was brought in the superior court of the city of Shenandoah. The defendant appeared and asked for a change of venue under the provisions of section 261 of the Code Supplement 1907, which is in part as follows: “Changes of venue may be taken from said court in all civil actions to the district court of the same or another county, in the same manner, for like causes and with the same effect as the venue is changed from the district court. But in all civil cases where any *122party defendant shall, before any pleading is filed by him, file in said cause a motion for a change of venue to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reeves v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Baldwin v. Mississippi & Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
- Watson v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Richardson & Co. v. Burlington & Missouri River RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
- Sawyer v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
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