Condon v. Schwenk

Order changing place of trial from New York to Suffolk County unanimously affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the respondents. Fifteen causes of action are pleaded in the complaint, some for libel, some for slander, but all arising in Suffolk County from proceedings in May, 1958 before the Southampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals. Since plaintiff claims residence in New York County and all but one of the defendants reside in Suffolk County, either county is a “proper” county within section 182 of the Civil Practice Act; but the issue on this motion is whether “the convenience of…