66-118e. Same; change of venue in certain cases.

66-118e

Chapter 66.--PUBLIC UTILITIES
Article 1.--POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

      66-118e.   Same; change of venue in certain cases.In any case where the application for review might be taken to thedistrict court of more than one county, any party interested in said actionmay, within ten (10) days after the transcript is filed with the clerk ofthe district court, apply to the district court in which such applicationwas originally filed for a change of venue, and if it shall be made toappear to the satisfaction of the court that the convenience of the partieswill be best served and a speedy, fair and economical trial be secured bytransferring such proceeding to another county of this state in which theorder or the decision of the commission is to become effective, or if itappears that the application should have been filed in the district courtof some other county, it shall be the duty of the court to make an ordertransferring such proceeding to such other county for trial or decision,and, upon such order being made, the files of the case shall be transmittedby the clerk of the court to the clerk of the court of the county to whichthe proceeding is transferred, and thereupon the proceeding shall bedocketed in the district court of the county to which it is transferred andall subsequent proceedings shall be had as if the application for reviewhad been originally filed in the last named county: Provided, That theprovisions of this section shall not be construed to restrict or prevent anapplication for change of venue upon any other statutory ground.

      History:   L. 1929, ch. 220, § 5; L. 1929, ch. 221, S.J.R. No. 4; Feb. 23.