Marsh

The defendants, Robert Marsh and F. L. Marsh, appeal from an order of the court denying their motion for a change of the place of trial of the action from the city and county of San Francisco to the county of Los Angeles, their place of residence. The complaint was filed in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The defendants are Robert Marsh, F. L. Marsh, S. L. Steele and Venice Island Land Company. The action is brought to recover upon a debt contracted by the defendant corporation. There were two causes of action stated in the complaint, an action against the corporation on its contractual liability, and an action against the stockholders on their stockholders’ liability.

The complaint alleges that at all the times therein mentioned the corporation defendant was organized and existing under the laws of California, and having its principal place of business in the city and county of San Francisco. The defendants Robert Marsh and F. L. Marsh filed a demand for a change of venue to the county of Los Angeles, and in support of such demand an affidavit of merits and of residence, signed by Robert Marsh. It is alleged in said affidavit, first, that none of the…