Bunge v. C & N Truck Leasing, Inc.

This motion, made by the plaintiff, to dismiss the affirmative defense that the court does not have jurisdiction over the persons of the defendants George Rosenthal and G. R. Trucking Co. raises the question of whether a New York court has jurisdiction over nonresident defendants responsible for an accident that occurred at the New Jersey toll plaza of the George Washington Bridge.

Concededly the accident occurred when the plaintiff’s automobile was struck in the rear by the defendants’ automobile at the “ Toll Plaza, N. J. Washington Bridge, N. J.” Concededly also service of process upon the…