Lageza v. Chelsea Fibre Mills
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Chelsea Fibre Mills, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 8th day of July, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion to change the place of "trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
This action for personal injuries through negligence was brought in the county of Queens. The defendant duly demanded that the place of trial be changed to the county of Hew York. As it appeared that the plaintiff had never been a resident of the county of Queens, but was a resident of the county of Kings when he began *732■his action, and that the defendant was a resident of New York county, the defendant was entitled to the change of venue as a matter of right. (Code Civ. Proc. § 984; Nichols N. Y. Pr. p. 1930, and authorities cited.) This absolute right could not be defeated .by a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Veeder v. . BakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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