Grady v. Selden Truck Corp.

Appellant moved to transfer the trial of this action from the Municipal Court, Second District, Borough of Brooklyn, to the First District, Borough of Manhattan, on the ground that neither party resided, nor had a place of business, within the former district. That motion was denied. The defendant, at the opening of the trial, again urged that the case had not been brought in the proper district, and also asked an adjournment because of the absence from the State of a material witness. The trial court refused an adjournment and, on plaintiff’s evidence, alone, found for the plaintiff.…