Price v. Pocahontas Fuel Co.

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an action at law brought by appellant, who will be here referred to as plaintiff, a resident and citizen of the state of West Virginia, against the appellee, a Virginia corporation, which will be here referred to as defendant, in the circuit court of McDowell County, W. Va. The cause was removed to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, and tried at the June, 1930, term of said court. The basis of the action was the alleged negligence of the defendant company, through its servants or agents, in constructing and…