Aureliano v. Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc.

The plaintiffs, in their summons, designated Nassau County as the venue for the instant action on the ground that it was the "defendant’s place of business”.

The motion of the defendants Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc. and Norton Simon, Inc. was one to change venue as a matter of right, on the ground that the county selected by the plaintiffs *692for trial was not proper, i.e., that none of the defendants had their principal offices in Nassau County (see, CPLR 503 [c]; 510 [1]). To change venue as a matter of right, these defendants were obligated to serve a "demand * * * for change of place of trial”…