DAVIS v. ST. LOUIS-SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO.

Civ. A. 3116.

99 F.Supp. 751 (1951)

DAVIS et al. v. ST. LOUIS-SOUTHWESTERN RY. CO.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

September 17, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irion & Switzer, Reuben W. Egan, Jackson, Mayer & Kennedy and Charles L. Mayer, all of Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Wilkinson, Lewis & Wilkinson and John M. Madison, all of Shreveport, La., for defendant.


DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

This case is a splendid illustration of the futility, if persisted in, of the attempt in the Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C. A., by the Supreme Court to limit the pleadings and to simplify litigation. Several of the numerous motions were ruled upon from the bench, but the one now to be considered is a plea of nonjoinder of an alleged indispensable party, to wit, the compensation insurer of plaintiff's employer, because of Sections 1101-2...

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