Case Name: Valentine Baker and Gerard S. Sloane v. Henry Sleight, Esq. Sheriff of the County of Ulster
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1804-05
Citations: 1 Cole. & Cai. Cas. 343
Docket Number: 
Parties: Valentine Baker and Gerard S. Sloane v. Henry Sleight, Esq. Sheriff of the County of Ulster.
Judges: 
Reporter: Coleman & Caines' Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 343–344

Head Matter:
Valentine Baker and Gerard S. Sloane v. Henry Sleight, Esq. Sheriff of the County of Ulster.
EVERTSON, on an affidavit not specifying the ground of action, moved to change the venue from the county of Dutchess to that of Ulster.
Hopkins opposed it on a counter affidavit,
stating a belief, that in consequence of the influence the defendant possessed in Ulster, from his office, a fair and impartial trial could not be had there. He insisted also on the defectiveness of the plaintiff’s affidavit, in not setting forth the ground of action, and that it Ought, therefore, to be presumed, it was not a transitory suit.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The court cannot intend, that the action is not transitory, it ought to have been showft by the defendant, and the influence of a sheriff's office, never can prevent an impartial trial. Take your rule.