Kantro v. Armstrong
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the defendant,- Robert Armstrong, from a judgment of, the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
But one point is raised on this appeal, the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court The action was brought in a district in the borough of Brooklyn, while the defendant resides in the borough of *507Queens. It is insisted that the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1897, chap. 378, § 1370), so far as it attempts to authorize the prosecution of an action in a district of the 'Municipal Court in one county against a defendant who resides within the city but in another county, is in conflict with the constitutional provision (Art. VI, § 18) that the Legislature shall not create any inferior…
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