Central Coal & Coke Co. v. Orwig
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Danville District; A. B. Priddy, Judge; 1. The petition for removal should have been granted. The appellant is an inhabitant and resident of the Eastern District of Arkansas, within the meaning of the act of Congress. 4 Fed.
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Appeal from Yell Circuit Court, Danville District; A. B. Priddy, Judge; 1. The petition for removal should have been granted. The appellant is an inhabitant and resident of the Eastern District of Arkansas, within the meaning of the act of Congress. 4 Fed. Stat. Ann. p. 838; 5 Id. p. 16; Id. p. 846; U. S. Stat. at Large, Vol. 36, p. 1101. Yell County, in which the suit was brought is, under the act of Congress, in the Little Rock Division of the Eastern District of Arkansas, and appellant could have been sued originally in the United States District Court of that division and district. The…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
This is an action by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for alleged personal injuries. The appellee alleged in substance that the appellant is a corporation doing business in Arkansas and operating a coal mine at Hartford; that appellee, on the 21st of July, 1920, while working in the mine, was injured by coming in contact with a wire charged with electricity, which wire, through the negligence of appellant, had not been insulated or protected in any way, but left exposed in a manner to be dangerous to the employees; that the appellee, without any fault or carelessness on…
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