Griffith v. Alabama By-Products Corp.

GROOMS, District Judge.

This is a suit under Article 2A of the Alabama Workmen’s Compensation Act. Title 26, Sections 313(1) to 313 (16), Alabama Code of 1940, as amended. It was instituted in the Circuit Court of Walker County, Alabama, and removed to this court. Plaintiff has moved to remand the case, alleging that the amount in controversy does not exceed $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs.

Plaintiff is a coal miner, and avers that at the time of the accident his average weekly earnings were $80, that he was totally and permanently disabled as a result of an accident arising out of and…