Reinertsen v. Erie Railroad

This is a motion for a preference, but not made till February 14, 1910, after the case had been noticed for the December, 1909, term of this court. The preference is sought upon the ground that the plaintiff is ill with a progressive disease and will probably not survive the trial of the action, if he is compelled to wait until it is reached in its regular order upon the calendar; and it is urged that the cause he preferred, not only over the issues for the December term, hut also over issues upon preceding calendars awaiting trial.

It is clearly established that, in this county, applications *230f…