Meyrose

Plaintiff brought this action to recover possession of an automobile, alleging that defendants wrongfully took the property from his possession on the fourth day of August, 1921, at a place in the county of Kern, and that defendants refused, upon the demand of the plaintiff, to return it to him. There was the usual allegation also that plaintiff was at all times the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of the property. To that complaint a demurrer was filed on behalf of the corporation defendant and defendants Dalton and Russell, which defendants at the same time made written demand for change of place of trial and gave notice of a motion for an order to transfer the cause from the county of Kern to the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco. The motion was based on the files in the case and an affidavit of the secre tary of the defendant corporation. In denying the motion the court made the following order: “This motion came on regularly for hearing of motion for defendants for change of place of trial of cause from the County of Kern to the City and County of San Francisco and it appearing that the defendant Pacific Acceptance Corporation is a…