Litchfield v. International Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The International Paper Company and The Piercefíeld Paper Company, 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 Kings on the 3d day of April, 1899, denying tlieir motion to change the place of trial of the action from the county of Kings to the county of St. Lawrence.
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Appeal by the defendants, The International Paper Company and The Piercefíeld Paper Company, 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 Kings on the 3d day of April, 1899, denying tlieir motion to change the place of trial of the action from the county of Kings to the county of St. Lawrence. Appeal by the defendant, Benton Turner, 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 Kings on the 19th day of April, 1899, denying his…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The plaintiff is the owner and in possession of lands lying in the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence. This action is brought to restrain the defendants from raising and maintaining a dam on Racquette river, in Franklin county, so as to flood such lands, and for damages. The venue of the action is laid in the county of Kings, where the plaintiff resides. After answer, two of the defendants moved to change the place of trial to St. Lawrence county, on the ground that that county was the proper place for the trial of the action. This motion was denied. Subsequently another…
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