Owens

This is an appeal from an order granting a change of venue from the county of Sacramento to the county of Fresno where the corporate respondent has its principal place of business.

Appellant, in this action, seeks to recover compensation for overtime allegedly worked between 1954 and 1956. In support of its motion for change of venue, respondent filed an affidavit, wherein it averred the following: That the principal place of business of the respondent was at all pertinent times in the county of Fresno; that on June 25, 1951, the appellant was employed by respondent by an oral agreement made at respondent’s principal place of business; that appellant’s duties were those of a route driver on routes maintained by respondent for picking up waste lubricating oil and that respondent picked up oil for delivery either to respondent’s principal place of business in Fresno County or to temporary storage tanks located at various points in the state for the convenience of route drivers; that from the time of appellant’s original employment until January 21, 1953, appellant was assigned to the general area bounded on the north by the city of Stockton, and on the south by the city of…