Lent v. Ryder
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Edgar L. Ryder, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Dutchess County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 7th day of December, 1899, denying his motion to change the place of trial of the action from the county of Westchester to the county of Dutchess. !
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
We ought not to reverse this order unless we are satisfied that there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had in the proper county — namely, the county of .Westchester — as the motion is based solely on subdivision 2 of section 987 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
*416The plaintiff is the county judge of Westchester county. As such it is his duty from time to time to attend at the office of the commissioner of jurors lo witness and assist in the drawing of a jury for the Supreijne Court. He may also be appointed by the officers who supervise the drawing to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moulton v. BeecherNew York Supreme Court · 1876
- Van Rensselaer v. Douglass & BrisbinNew York Supreme Court · 1829
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