Kaufman v. Kaufman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Kaufman, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of April, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion to change the place of trial for the convenience of witnesses.
1Per curiam
Action to set aside a separation agreement on the ground that the plaintiff was induced to execute the same by coercion and fraud practiced upon her.
The agreement was drawn in Rensselaer county, where both parties then resided, and where the defendant still resides. Whether the plaintiff were coerced into signing the agreement by reason of fraud practiced upon her, will, from the facts presented, have to be determined largely from witnesses residing in Rensselaer county. The greater number of witnesses there reside and for the reasons stated in Kaufman v. Kaufman (152 App. Div. 100), decided…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kaufman v. KaufmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912