Ohio River Contract Co. v. Gordon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP KENTUCKY. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In July, 1914, one-Haines sued the Ohio River Contract Company, the plaintiff in error, and Swisher, one of its employees, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, to recover damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendants while Haines was in the employ of the company. The defendant company by appropriate pleadings challenged the power of -the court to entertain the suit both because of the want of. jurisdiction over the corporation and over the subject-matter of the suit. Briefly the facts were these:
The Contract Company…
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