Commissioners of the State Insurance Fund v. Dinowitz

This is an application by the plaintiffs, Commissioners of the State Insurance Fund, for a preference pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 1 of rule 151 of the Buies of Civil Practice, which is a substantial embodiment of subdivision 1 of section 138 of the Civil Practice Act prior to its amendment (Welles v. Danin, 179 Misc. 268), and which provides that a preference shall be granted in “ An action or special proceeding brought by or against the people of the state, or a political *279subdivision of the state, or an officer or board of officers of the state or of a political subdivision of…