Herrington v. Thompson

REEVES, District Judge.

The motion to dismiss in the above matter raises the sole question of venue. Jurisdiction is not involved. This court has acquired, through due process, jurisdiction of both the subject matter and the parties. The question of venue arises because of an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant entered into first on July 5, 1944 and repeated August 1, 1944, September 1, 1944, and October 1, 1944. The basis of such an agreement is the fact that the plaintiff, as an employee of the defendant, suffered an injury on April 16, 1944, “while switching in the West…