STATUTES - INTERPRETATION - APPLICATION OF VENUE STATUTE TO OWNERS OF FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

An Iowa venue statute passed in 1872 provided that "an action may be brought against any railway corporation, the owner of stages, or other line of coaches or cars . . . in any county through which such road or line passes or is operated." A damage action was brought against petitioner in a county through which its truck line regularly operated. Petitioner moved for a change of venue to the county where its principal office was located. The motion was overruled and petitioner tested the validity of the ruling in an action in certiorari. Held, a common carrier of freight by motor truck was a "line of cars" within the purpose and meaning of the venue statute. Bruce Transfer Co. v. Johnston, (Iowa, 1939) 287 N. W. 278.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, STATUTES - INTERPRETATION - APPLICATION OF VENUE STATUTE TO OWNERS OF FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, 38 Mich. L. Rev. 926 (1940).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol38/iss6/24