Ashley v. Royal Indemnity Co.

Among the intermediate orders brought up for review by this appeal is a motion to change the venue, made under section 17, subdivision 2, of the New York City Municipal Court Code. There is no dispute about the facts. The plaintiff brought this action in the Third District Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan. At that time he was a resident of the second district, Bronx. The *162defendant is a corporation which has its principal office in the first district, Manhattan. It moved promptly for the transfer of the action to the second district, Bronx. This was a “ proper district ” within the…