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This action was brought in the county of Los Angeles; in which defendants Bowker and Chandler reside. The defendant the San Diego Union Company, a corporation, has its legal residence and. place of business in the county of San Diego, and in due time moved the court for an order changing the place of trial to that county. Said motion *704 was denied, and said corporation appeals from the order denying said motion.

Said corporation, in 1891, and ever since, has been the publisher of a daily newspaper, and in said year entered into a contract with one Whitehouse, whereby it sold the entire city circulation of said newspaper to him upon terms therein specified. In 1892, Whitehouse sold and assigned said contract to defendants Bowker and Chandler, and they afterward sold and assigned to the plaintiff, T. J. Read, an undivided one-half interest therein. Each of these transfers was formally approved and accepted by the corporation. On July 29, 1899, said corporation served notice upon said Read, Bowker and Chandler that it rescinded said contract, and would not, after July 31, 1899, furnish them any newspapers for distribution, claiming the right to do so under the terms of said…