Gonzalez v. Industrial Bank

Fuld, J. (dissenting in part).

It seems to me that the defendants have confused the two questions which this case poses — where ‘ ‘ the cause of action arose ’ ’ within the sense of section 225 of the General Corporation Law and what law is to be applied. These are two separate and distinct matters. The statute has nothing to do with the choice of law question, the question as to whether the law of the forum or the law of the foreign jurisdiction is to be applied. The purpose of section 225 is to limit cases to be tried in New York to those which have some reasonable connection with this State…