Legal Opinion

O'Bierne v. Seeley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 15, 1925Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order reversed *793on the law and the facts, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted. The defendant has more necessary and material witnesses residing in the county where the accident occurred than the plaintiff has in the county where the action is commenced. Under the circumstances, the place of the transaction or occurrence should control the place of trial. (Cole v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., 179 App. Div. 442.) Kelly, P. J., Rich, Jaycox, Manning and Young, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cole v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917