26 S.D. 402 | S.D. | 1910
This action was instituted for the purpose of recovering upon an accident insurance policy issued by appellant to respondent. The venue was laid in Lawrence county and summons was served upon defendant, the appellant, in Brown county. Defendant in due time demanded a change of place of trial and made application to the circuit court of Lawrence county for an order changing the place of trial from Lawrence to Brown county. The application was denied, and exception taken, which ruling of the court is now assigned as error.
Section 101, Code Civ. Proc., as amended by chapter 283, Laws 1909, provides that the suit shall be tried in the judicial subdivision in which the defendant shall reside at the commencement of the action. The appellant is a domestic corporation organized under the laws of this state and is transacting an accident insurance business in the city of Aberdeen, Brown county. By its "principal place of business” is meant the place where its president, secretary, and board of directors meet to transact the