DeGroat v. New York Central Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order granting motion to change the place of trial from Biings county to Rockland county reversed upon the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied. The record shows, undenied, several places in the county of Kings where the defendant conducts the business of receiving and discharging *817freight and selling tickets. The claim of the respondent that it does not operate its railroad in Kings county in so far as concerns the presence of tracks, cars and locomotives, is not determinative. A railroad company conducting business in a particular county must be deemed a resident…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Poland v. United Traction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Poland v. . United Traction CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Pond v. Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1858
3Cited by2 opinions
- Kibler v. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1945
- Ray v. Bee Line, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1943