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38 A.D. 349

Hedges v. Bemis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1899-07-01

Appeal by the defendant, Edward H. Bemis, from an order of the Supreme Gourt, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 29th day of December, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion to change the place ■of trial of the action from the county to Hew York to the county ■of Warren for the convenience of witnesses.

Decided 1899-07-01

Van Brunt, P. J. :

¶1Upon an examination of the affidavits that were presented to the ■court upon the hearing of this motion, it is apparent that many of the witnesses who have been sworn to as being necessary upon the part of the plaintiff can never be examined upon the trial; and that the defendant will examine a greater number of witnesses, whose ■convenience will be consulted by a change of venue.

¶2But it is urged that the ends of justice will not be promoted by such change of venue because of the inconvenience which.it will cause the plaintiff; that he will be unable to defray the expenses of the trial in Warren county and is too infirm to travel so far.

¶3The evidence in regard to the poverty of the plaintiff is somewhat unsatisfactory, as also is that respecting his inability to go to Warren county upon the trial of this case. But where the cause of action has arisen in another county, and the convenience of the witnesses will be promoted by a change of venue to that county, we are not aware of any rule which will permit the inconvenience to the plaintiff to prevent its removal to the proper county.

¶4We think, therefore, that the cause of action having arisen in Warren county, in view of the condition of the evidence in regard to the witnesses, the motion should have been granted.

¶5*350The order appealed, from should be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted, with ten dollars, costs to abide the event.

¶6Barrett, Rumsey, Ingraham and McLaughlin, JJ., concurred.

¶7Order reversed, with ten dollars costs, and disbursements, and motion grantéd, with ten dollars costs’ to abide event.

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