Cohen v. Congregation Shearith Israel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Howard Cohen and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of March, 1903, granting the defendant’s motion for a change of venue.
1Opinion of the Court
JBNKSj J.: •
The plaintiffs appeal from an order changing the venue. The appellants do not gainsay the residence which was the ground for the order, but insist that the action is local within the purview of section 982 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The plaintiffs, the children of Adela and Daniel S. Cohen, deceased, complain that the defendant, a Hebrew congregation, refuse to permit them to disinter the body of their, mother, now buried in its cemetery, and show' that the resistance is based upon the defendant’s construction of Jewish law and the rules and regulations of the association.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Larson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Foley v. PhelpsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Snyder v. SnyderNew York Supreme Court · 1880
- Johnston v. MarinusNew York Supreme Court · 1886
- In re CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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