Carvel Court Realty Co. v. Jonas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Sigmund Jonas, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Greene Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Greene on the 20th day of November, 1920, denying defendant’s motion to change the place of trial from Greene county to the county of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff brings this action to recover rent for the month of October, 1920, upon premises located in the city of New York. The corporation has changed its principal place of business under the provisions of the Stock Corporation Law (§ 13, as amd. by Laws of 1915, chap. 117) and brings this action in Greene county. The defendant moves for a change of venue upon the ground that .the action should have been brought in the county of New York, and upon the further ground of the convenience of witnesses. On a motion of this character a domestic corporation is deemed to have its…
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