Davis v. Oil State Lumber Co.

Plaintiff, as administrator during the war of Kansas City Southern Railway Company, sued defendant for $116.07 undercharge. He alleged that the company was a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Missouri and doing business in Louisiana, or whether it had in Louisiana any domicile or agent for service of process or not.

Defendant filed a reconventional demand for $138,000.00, whereupon plaintiff filed a motion to strike out this demand on the ground that it was not connected with or incidental to the main demand and that the railway company, though organized under the laws of…