Superior Court of New Hampshire July 15, 1853 (Cochecho Railroad v. Farrington)

Eastman, J.

The practice of the courts of England to change the venue of transitory actions from one county to another is said to have been first commenced in 1603, in the reign of James I. 2 Black: Rep. 1033; 2 Salk. 670 ; 1 Bac. Ab. B. 35.

The practice is also said to have grown up under the statutes of 6 Richard II. chap. 2, and the 4th of Henry IY. chap. 18. Gould’s- Plead, chap.