Cintas Corp. v. Pontiac-Honda

—Order unanimously reversed on the law with costs and motion granted. Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a change of venue. Plaintiff, a foreign corporation licensed to *1095transact business in New York, commenced this action seeking damages for breach of contract. Plaintiff designated Erie County as the place of trial based upon its maintenance of an office in that county. That designation was improper.

As a foreign corporation, plaintiff resides in the county where its principal office, as designated in its authority to do business, is located (see, CPLR 503 [c];…