Margaret Landers v. the Staten Island Railroad Company, Appellant. Jane…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that the City Court of Brooklyn lacks jurisdiction over a negligence action against a corporation whose business and the cause of action lie outside Brooklyn, because the constitutional amendment cannot be used to divest the court of its local territorial limits. The majority reversed the lower court's judgments and dismissed the complaints. Justice Peckham dissented, arguing that the court did have jurisdiction and the statute was constitutional.