Martin v. Gulf States Utilities Co.

PUTNAM, District Judge.

The Court now has for consideration the application made by plaintiff, Donald C. Martin, to prosecute an appeal from the verdict of the jury adverse to him in his suit for personal injuries in forma pauperis. The defendant in this suit, Gulf States Utilities Company, has filed a motion setting up facts which it believes to be sufficient to establish that plaintiff is not so impoverished as to be entitled to claim the benefits of our law on this subject.

After the filing of defendant’s motion to deny the relief sought, the Court received a letter dated September 3, 1963,…