Crum v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.

McCLINTIC, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit in the Circuit Court of the County of Logan, in the Southern District of West Virginia, against the Appalachian Electric Power Company for damages for the death of Jack Crum, alleging negligence on the part of the defendant. The defendant, Power Company, by reason of diversity of citizenship (it being a corporation of the State of Virginia), removed the case to the District Court of the United States.

Then the defendant and third-party plaintiff, Power Company, before the service of its answer, moved ex parte for leave as third-party plaintiff…