Legal Opinion
Davis v. Swift & Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 1939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
The sole question involved in this proceeding is whether a claim under the Florida Workmen’s Compensation Act will he enforced by a court of Tennessee.
The defendant, by plea in abatement, challenged the jurisdiction of the Tennessee court to grant the relief sought. To this plea plaintiff demurred. The chancellor overruled the demurrer, sustained the plea in abatement, and dismissed the suit.
Petitioner, while residing in Flordia, was employed by defendant to work at its plant at Fort Meade in that State, and while so employed, to-wit, on the 6th day of May, 1938, fell from a scaffold and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Fourth Nat. Bank of NY v. FrancklynSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad v. GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Franzen v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1941
- Ray v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Brewer v. Pocahontas Fuel Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- York v. American Service Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1958
- Crider v. Zurich InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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