Healy v. New York, New Haven & Hartford R.

RYAN, District Judge.

Both defendants move pursuant to Section 1404(a), 28 U.S.C.A. to transfer this suit to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Jurisdiction over the Railroad Company is based on the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 1, and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.; jurisdiction over The American Thread Company upon diverse citizenship.

Plaintiff, a resident of Connecticut, was in the employ of the defendant railroad. On January 2, 1947 while at work in Willi-mantic, Conn., his legs were crushed between a freight car and a…