190 A.D. 37 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1919
This is an appeal from an order changing the place of trial from the county of Albany to the county of Montgomery, conditioned upon the defendant Hines stipulating to try the case at the Montgomery Trial Term commencing October 13, 1919, and in case he should fail to so stipulate, said motion should be denied. The defendant failed to so stipulate and an order was entered denying the motion, from which order this appeal was taken.
The action was commenced by the service of a summons and complaint on the defendant Hines as Director General of Railroads on the 16th day of July, 1919. An answer was
Director General Hines declared by General Order No. 18-A, bearing date April 18, 1918, “ That all suits against carriers while under Federal Control, must be brought in the County or District where the plaintiff resided at the time of the accrual of the cause of action, or in the County or District where the cause of action arose.” The courts will recognize the policy of the government to interfere as little as possible with the
The plaintiff’s attorney in violation of the order brought the action in Albany county, and seeks to maintain it there solely upon the ground of laches in asking that it be changed to the proper county. The laches are not sufficient to defeat the motion. Compelling the defendant to go to trial on October thirteenth in cases of such importance and without more time to defendants’ attorneys for preparation strikes us an unwise exercise of discretion. The motion should be granted without conditions, and the plaintiff allowed to try the case where the cause of action arose.
Motion granted changing the place of trial to Montgomery comity, with ten dollars costs and disbursements to appellants to abide the event.
All concur.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs to abide the event.