Cox v. Whitmer-Parsons Pulp & Lumber Co.

Plaintiff is a citizen of North Carolina, residing in Haywood County; defendant, Whitmer-Parsons Pulp & Lumber Company, is a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is a citizen of said state; defendant, Peco Sneed, is a citizen of North Carolina. The amount involved in this action, which was commenced in the Superior Court of Haywood County, is $25,000, which sum plaintiff seeks to recover of defendants as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the joint negligence of defendants.

At the time of his injury, plaintiff was an employee of…