Legal Opinion
Stone v. Southern Pac. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 27, 1940PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HULBERT, District Judge.
Defendant, a Kentucky corporation, has moved, pursuant to Rule 12(b) of the F.R. C.P., 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, for an order dismissing the complaint on the ground that:
1. This court has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action nor over the person of defendant, and
2. That the venue of the action in the State of New York is improper under the rule of forum non conveniens.
The action was originally brought in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and removed here. The objection to the venue, therefore, is not seriously pressed and the…
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