Green v. J. A. Jones Const. Co.

Filed in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, and thence removed to the United States District Court, the suit was an original proceeding brought for the compensation due plaintiff under the Georgia Workmen’s Compensation Act. Moving to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, the defendants urged: that the remedy afforded by the Georgia Workmen’s Compensation Act was by an original proceeding before the Georgia State Board of Workmen’s Compensation; that it was exclusive; and that neither the United States Court nor the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, nor any other tribunal…