Lawton v. Farrell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Bernard J. Farrell, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Schoharie on the 31st day of October, 1916, denying his motion to change the place of trial herein from Schoharie county to Rensselaer county.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This is an action for false imprisonment, originating in the county of Schoharie, where the defendant served a warrant in a bastardy proceeding, and refused and neglected to permit the plaintiff an opportunity .to give bail to a magistrate within Schoharie county, but insisted on taking the plaintiff to the city of Troy, where he was imprisoned until reléased by a writ of habeas corpus. This motion was made to change the place of trial on the ground that under the provisions of section 242 of the Second Class Cities Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 53; Laws of 1909, chap. 55) the…
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