William S. Holmes, Respondent v. Alanson Carley, Appellant

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment, holding that a justice residing in a town that touches another town at a corner satisfies the statutory requirement that the justice be from a "next adjoining" town. The Court reasoned that ordinary understanding of "next adjoining" includes towns that meet at a corner and that the legislative intent was to limit the distance parties must travel for trial.