Barnes v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

H. FRANKLIN WATERS, Chief Judge.

On March 13, 1984, plaintiff filed suit against defendant, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Arkansas. In that lawsuit, plaintiff attempted to state a cause of action against Southwestern Bell Telephone Company only. Linda Merten, an additional defendant in this suit, was not a party in the first one.

In the initial complaint filed in state court, plaintiff alleges that he was engaged in the business of livestock transportation from his place of business in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to which the…