Shepherd v. Seaboard System Railroad

BEATTY, Justice.

These are petitions for writs of mandamus asking this Court to direct the trial judge to withdraw and vacate his orders transferring these cases from Macon County to Montgomery County. Counsel for each of the petitioners is the same and the same issue is raised by the separate petitions. Therefore, for purposes of this opinion, the petitions have been consolidated and are treated as one petition.

The petitioners, plaintiffs below, are not Alabama residents, but they are employees of the defendant, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company (Seaboard). Seaboard, a Virginia corporation…