Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of California v. Tompkins
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
This case comes up by writ of error to the circuit court of the United 'States for the district of West Virginia. The action in the court below was brought by George H. Tompkins, defendant in error here, against the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California, plaintiff in error; the cause of action, injury caused to the plaintiff by reason of malpractice upon the part of the physician of the defendant company. The first question raised in the case was as to the jurisdiction of the court.
George H. Tompkins, the plaintiff, was born in the state of West Virginia,…
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