Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. v. Downtown Investment Co.

Defendant brings this interlocutory appeal seeking review and quashal of an order denying its motion to dismiss the action for the convenience of the parties and witnesses in the interest of justice, without prejudice to the right of plaintiff to reinstitute and prosecute its action in the state or federal courts in New York having jurisdiction. The theory of the motion is grounded upon the doctrine of forum non conveniens which authorizes the dismissal of actions in those cases where it is made to appear that they may be more conveniently litigated in another forum. Such a practice is…