100 Iowa 37 | Iowa | 1896
The defendants are residents of Scott county, in this state. It appears from the affidavits filed in support of the motion for a change of the place of trial to Scott county, and the affidavits in resistance to the motion, that, at the time the action was brought, the defendants were the owners of a steamboat which they ran on the Mississippi river, from the
The question to be determined is whether the action was properly brought in Lee county. Section 2585 of the Code is as follows: “When a corporation, company, or individual, has an office or agency in any county for the transaction of business, any suits growing out of or connected with the business of that office or agency may be brought in the county where such office or agency is located. The affidavits filed by the parties show very clearly that this suit did not grow out of the business of the Keokuk agency. It had no connection whatever with any office or agency at Keokuk. It appears to us that the superior court rightly determined that the suit was brought in the wrong county. — Affirmed