New Orleans Brewing Co. v. Cahall

LAND, Justice.

The respondent is a corporation domiciled in the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and the relator is also a resident of that city and parish.

On the 26th day of June, 1937, while the relator was operating an automobile in Hancock county, Miss., near 'the city of Bay St. Louis, his automobile was sideswiped by a truck, and his left arm was so badly mangled, that amputation below the shoulder became necessary.

As the accident happened in Hancock county, Miss., relator employed a local firm of attorneys, who, after investigation into the facts of the case, brought an action in…