Ark. Towing Co. v. Colvin

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is an original action seeking an order prohibiting the Circuit Court of Cleveland County from proceeding to try the case of Mrs. J. E. Langford, Administratrix of the Estate of J. E. Langford, deceased, v. C. J. Picton and the Arkansas Towing Company.

The complaint alleges that C. J. Picton, the Arkansas Towing Company, and Max Linthicum were doing business in Arkansas on June 26, 1959, and were jointly engaged in the construction of a loading dock on the Ouachita River at Moro Bay in Bradley County, Arkansas, and that J. E. Langford was killed when a…