Conroy v. Erie Railroad

Motion by plaintiff for a preference. Defendant opposes the application solely on the ground that neither the plaintiff nor the defendant is a resident of Kings County.

Plaintiff was a laborer in the employ of the defendant railroad and on February 3,1946, at Secaucus, New Jersey, was run over by one of the defendant’s trains as a result of which both of his *60legs were amputated. He was a patient in St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City, New Jersey, from February 3 to June 26,1946. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was lodged in defendant’s camp car which was parked on a siding at…