Hobson

The question presented for consideration upon this appeal is the order of the court denying the mo tion of the defendant to change the place of trial from the county of Ventura to the county of Los Angeles.

The complaint sets forth that the defendant is a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of New York, and as such is authorized to transact a general surety business in the state of California, and at all times mentioned in the complaint was transacting such business. That on or about the twenty-eighth day of October, 1926, the defendant as surety, and Robert Marsh & Company, a corporation, as principal, executed and delivered to the plaintiff a certain bond in the words and figures following, to wit: “Know all men by these presents: That we, Robert Marsh & Company, Incorporated, as principal, and the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, and authorized to transact a general surety business in the State of California, as surety, are held and firmly bound unto A. L. Hobson in the sum of $15,000.00, for which payment, well and…