Whitcomb v. Girard Coal Co.

The bills in these cases were filed by George I). Whit-comb, a resident and citizen of the state of California, and the St. Louis Coal & Machine Alining Company, a corporation formed-and existing under the laws of the state of 1 llinois, and having its principal office in East St. Louis, St. Glair county, in said state, against the above-mentioned coal companies, corporations organized and existing under the laws of the state of Illinois. The cases are alike in their legal features, differing only in the names of the parties defendant, and will therefore be treated as one case. It is alleged…