Robinson

This is an appeal by the defendant from an order denying its application for a change of the place of trial of this action from the county of Humboldt to the city and county of San Francisco. The action is one instituted by the plaintiff as the mother of one Stanley Robinson to recover upon a policy of accident insurance issued by the defendant to the latter and in which the plaintiff was named as beneficiary, the said Stanley Robinson having met accidental and violent injuries causing his death in the county of Humboldt on June 3, 1919, in which county both deceased and his mother, the plaintiff herein, resided at the time of his death. The defendant is a California corporation having its principal place of business in the city and county of San Francisco. The contract of accident insurance between the defendant and the deceased was made, executed, and delivered in said city and county of San Francisco, and the payments of the premiums due and to become due thereon were to be made there. The appellant insists that under the provisions of the state constitution with respect to the place of trial of actions against corporations it was entitled to have its motion for a change of the…