Wood v. Hollister
New York Supreme Court
Motion to change the place of trial. This action was brought by Ross W. Wood and Alexander H. Grant against Frederick Hollister arid Jane his wife. Both the plaintiffs resided in New York city; both the defendants in Utica, Oneida county. New York county was named as the place of trial. The complaint was in the nature of the former creditor’s bill.
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Motion to change the place of trial. This action was brought by Ross W. Wood and Alexander H. Grant against Frederick Hollister arid Jane his wife. Both the plaintiffs resided in New York city; both the defendants in Utica, Oneida county. New York county was named as the place of trial. The complaint was in the nature of the former creditor’s bill. It stated the recovery of two judgments by plaintiffs against the defendant Frederick,—the issuing of executions thereon in Oneida county, and their return unsatisfied,—and proceeded to aver that prior to these judgments the defendant Frederick…
1Opinion of the CourtDavies, J.
complaint is filed, to procure the judgment of the court that certain conveyances therein mentioned of lands *22situated in the city of Utica, were fraudulent as against the plaintiffs, and that one of the defendants now holds and has always held the legal title to said lands fraudulently, and that it be declared by the court that the same are held in trust for the plaintiffs.
Section 123 of the Code provides that actions are to be tried in the county where the subject matter thereof is situated, in the cases provided by statute. 1. For the recovery of real property or of an estate or interest…
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