Case Name: Gourley against Shoemaker
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1800-04
Citations: 1 Johns. Cas. 392
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gourley against Shoemaker.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 466–466

Head Matter:
Gourley against Shoemaker.
To change' the venue in a cause, it is not enough that material witnesses residé in another county, but the party mtist show that there is .some material fact, happening in the. .county to which he wisheñjó remove the venue.
A motion, was made to change the venue in this cause; which was an action oí assumpsit, for goods sold and deliveréd, on the usual affidavit.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It is not sufficient to- change the venue, to state merely that material witnesses reside in the county to which the party wishes to remove a cause; it ought to.be added, that evidence will be given of some material fact happening there.
Rule refused.
See supra, 240, n. (a) to Bentley v. Weaver.