Steele v. Exum

Citations

• 22 S.C. 276
• 1885 S.C. LEXIS 18

Syllabus

<p>1. Where none of the parties to an action reside in this state, the county designated in the complaint is the proper county for the trial.</p> <p>2. Where the defendants, residing in this state but not in the county where the action is brought, in their answer to a complaint for services rendered, deny on this ground the jurisdiction of the court, the Circuit judge may, on plaintiffs’ motion, change the place of trial to the proper county under the authority of section 147, subdivision 1, of the code.</p>