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                                    Rule 3
                            Commencement of Action


Actions filed deliberately in the wrong venue on motion for change of venue,
shall carry an award of reasonable attorney fees to the moving party.  Any
action filed in the wrong venue shall be presumed to have been done with
deliberation, and the burden to show otherwise is hereby placed upon the filing
party.  A motion for voluntary non-suit shall not be granted while there is a
motion pending for correction of venue.
	

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