Hausmann v. Moore
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Samuel J. Moore, and another, from, an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and. entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 11th day of March, 1896, denying their motion to change the place of" trial of thp action from the county of Erie to the county of Niagara, for the convenience of witnesses.
1Opinion of the Court
Follett, J.:
This action was begun September 18, 1895, by a shareholder in the Hausmann Art Metal Company, a corporation organized March 22, 1893, under the laws of this State, and having its principal place of business in Niagara county, to recover $200,000 damages for the alleged fraudulent mismanagement of the affairs of the corporation by the defendants Samuel J. Moore and Harry Gr. McConnaughy. It is alleged that the Carter-Grume Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, having its principal place of business in Niagara county, of which Moore was a…
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