Chandler v. G. W. Gladder Towing Co.

LEMLEY, District Judge.

This cause, which is an action for personal injuries which plaintiff, a citizen of Arkansas, claims to have sustained as a result of the alleged negligence of employees of the defendant, a Missouri corporation, is now before the court upon the defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over its person; said motion has been submitted upon affidavits and written briefs.

The defendant is the owner and operator of the motor vessel Emily Jean, and is engaged in the business of towing barges on the Mississippi River. The complaint alleges that on July 18, 1954,…