Case Name: GEORGE ROLLER, EX'R, v. SAM PEARCE, EXECUTOR OF JOHN ROLLER, DEC'D
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1877-09
Citations: 2 Shan. Cas. 406
Docket Number: 
Parties: GEORGE ROLLER, EX’R, v. SAM PEARCE, EXECUTOR OF JOHN ROLLER, DEC’D.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Cases with Notes and Annotations
Volume: 2
Pages: 406–407

Head Matter:
GEORGE ROLLER, EX’R, v. SAM PEARCE, EXECUTOR OF JOHN ROLLER, DEC’D.
Knoxville,
September Term, 1877.
1. CHANGE OE VENUE. Made upon facts, not mere conclusions.
A chang-e of venue must be made upon facts produced, and not upon mere conclusions of fact.
2. SAME. Differences in politics, churches, etc., not sufficient for.
The facts must fix some g-ood reason personal to the applicant why he cannot have a fair and’impartial trial in the county where the. suit is pending other than a general statement that on account of differences in politics, churches, trades, professions, etc., he cannot have such a trial.

Opinion:
Turret, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
On an application for a change of venue in a civil action, the court to whom the application is made must act upon the facts produced before it, and not upon mere: conclusions of fact by the applicant, or the witnesses introduced by him.
The facts must fix some good reason or reasons personal to the applicant why he cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the county where the suit is pending. A general statement that because of a difference of political opinion, or because the political party of his adversary is in a large majority, without more, is no sufficient reason for a change of venue.
The reason upon which such rule is sought to be established applies as well to-churches, trades, professions — in fact, to all the industrial, social, and moral relations of life. Reverse the judgment, and remand the cause to Sullivan county, for a new trial.