Taylor v. Southern Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia
At Law. Action by R. F. Taylor against the Southern Railway Company and another. On motion to remand.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a motion to remand a case removed from the superior court of Gordon county to the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The declaration in the case contains two counts. In the first count the railway company and the individual, Avery, are sued jointly under the employer’s liability act of Congress (Act April 22, 1908, c. 149, So Stat. 65 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 1111]).
The removal is on the ground that there is a separable controversy, inasmuch as Avery, the individual defendant, could not be sued under this act of Congress.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- The Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Snead v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1907
- Morris v. Louisville & N. R.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1910
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- Pedersen v. Delaware, L. & W. R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
- Ruck v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Lee v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Southern Railway Co. v. PuckettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
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