Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Light

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Petitioner, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, seeks a writ of prohibition, contending that jurisdiction does not lie with the Craighead County Circuit Court to try the case of Gerald E. Lamb and Wheeler Brick Company v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. Petitioner contends that Pulaski County Circuit Court has jurisdiction because petitioner first filed a suit in that county arising out of the same accident.

There was a collision between petitioner’s train and Wheeler’s truck driven by Lamb. That incident occurred at one of…