City of New York v. Greis
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from an order granting defendant’s motion to transfer two actions from the fifth district Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, to the second district court of the same borough.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The city of New York brought two actions to recover penalties for violations of the Building Code. The premises where the alleged violations occurred are situated in the territory embraced within the limits of the second district of the Municipal Court *539and under the provisions of section 17 of the Municipal Court Code the action should have been brought within that district. The plaintiff, however, brought the action in the fifth district on May fifth. The defendant did not before or at joinder of issue demand that it be transferred to the proper district but on the twenty-seventh day of June…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Anderson v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Department of Health v. HalpinAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1903
- In re NitchieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908