State ex rel. McWhorter v. Superior Court

Citations

• 112 Wash. 574
• 192 P. 903
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 752

Syllabus

<p>Venue (22)—Change—Application—Hearing and Determination—Amendment of Complaint—Powers of Court. Where the original complaint in an action for malicious prosecution stated a transitory action and defendant moved for a change of venue to the county of his residence, it is proper to permit the plaintiff to amend his complaint to show that the action was against a public officer for acts done in virtue of his office which, by Rem. Code, § 205, must be tried in the county where the cause arose, and in which the action was brought, thereby working a denial of defendant’s motion for a change of venue.</p>