Thompson v. S.C. State Hwy. Dept‪.‬

The following is the order of Judge Pruitt, in the court below: This matter comes before me on motion of the defendant for a change of venue to Greenville County on the ground that the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by such change. The motion is based upon the affidavit of Mr. W.A. Dallis, Assistant Attorney General, setting forth that the accident in question took place on State Highway No. 101 between Greer and Tigerville, South Carolina, a distance of approximately sixteen miles from Greenville and sixty-nine miles from Greenwood and that the jury should be permitted to view the scene of the accident; further that one witness for the defendant resides at Greer, sixty-five miles from Greenwood, one at Greenville, fifty-three miles from Greenwood, and four in the vicinity of the accident which is sixty-nine miles from Greenwood.