Brown v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.

This is a workman’s compensation suit and the only question presented is one of venue. The accident took place in Anderson County and the suit was brought by petitioner Brown in Smith County.

Under proper pleas the judge held that the criminal court of Smith County had no jurisdiction, that the cause of action was local, and that the suit should have beeii brought in Anderson County where the accident took place.

The petition set out that the defendant, Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, is a foreign .corpora tion and qualified to do business in Tennessee, and tbat it bad designated tbe…