EX PARTE STATE EX REL. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

6 Div. 968.

47 So.2d 249 (1950)

Ex parte STATE ex rel. SOUTHERN RY. CO.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benners, Burr, Stokely & McKamy, of Birmingham, for petitioner.

Cabaniss & Johnston, of Birmingham, amicus curiae in support of the petition.

Jackson, Rives & Pettus, of Birmingham, for respondent.


SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an original petition for mandamus to require the Honorable J. Russell McElroy, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, to exercise discretion upon a motion to decline jurisdiction of, and to dismiss without prejudice, a suit under the doctrine of forum non conveniens.

The complaint, stating a cause of action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., was filed in the circuit...

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