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35 A.D. 186

Kubiac v. Clement

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1898-07-01

Appeal by the defendants, Frank M. Clement and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 7th day of March, 1898, denying the defendants’ motion to change the place of trial of the action from Erie county to Niagara county, on the ground of convenience of witnesses.

Decided 1898-07-01

Hardin, P. J.:

¶1The affidavits used upon the motion show very clearly that the cause of action originated in Niagara county, and the preponderance of witnesses apparently necessary to be used upon the trial of the issues reside in Niagara county. A motion was made for the convenience of witnesses, and it was not necessary that it should be made within the ten-day rule laid down in section 986 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

¶2In Glor v. Kelly (25 App. Div. 631) it was held that in a case evenly balanced as to witnesses, the county in which the cause of action originated was an important circumstance tos be taken into account in determining the motion.

¶3The order should be reversed, with ten dollai’s costs, and the motion granted, with ten dollars costs tó abide event.

¶4All concurred.

¶5Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs to abide the event.

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