Schoonmaker v. Hilliard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John G. Hilliard,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 12th.day of April, 1900,. upon the verdict of a jury; also from an order made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster- on the 19th day of March, 1900, denying the defendant’s, motion to change the place of trial of the action from the county of Ulster to…
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Appeal by the defendant, John G. Hilliard,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 12th.day of April, 1900,. upon the verdict of a jury; also from an order made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster- on the 19th day of March, 1900, denying the defendant’s, motion to change the place of trial of the action from the county of Ulster to the county of Hew York or to the county of Kings, and also from an order made at the Ulster Trial Term bearing date the…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, P. J.:
This action was brought by the plaintiffs, who reside in Kingston, Ulster county, to recover against the defendant, who -resides in. *141Pennsylvania, for services claimed to have been rendered by them under a contract tó transport shale in their scows from Edgewater on the Hudson to Bayonne and to various points in and about the Bay of Hew York. The answer was a general denial.
The venue is laid in Ulster county, and a motion was made by the defendant to change it to the county of Hew York or Kings, on the ground of the convenience of witnesses. The Special Term, by an order entered…
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