MASON v. CHICAGO, R. I. & PAC. R. CO.

No. 6757.

96 F.Supp. 361 (1951)

MASON v. CHICAGO, R. I. & PAC. R. CO.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

March 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George V. Aylward, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Hogsett, Trippe, Depping, Houts & James, Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.


REEVES, Chief Judge.

The defendant has filed a motion or application for change of venue pursuant to the provisions of Section 1404(a) Title 28 U.S.C.A. This section, since its enactment, has become familiar. It simply extends and makes more efficient the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Prior to its enactment dismissal of the action was the only remedy in applying the doctrine.

The statute provides that: "(a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses...

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