HARRIS v. DEERE & COMPANY

Civ. No. 503.

128 F.Supp. 799 (1955)

Robert M. HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. DEERE & COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Wilson Division.

February 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. L. Thorp & W. L. Thorp, Jr. (of Thorp & Thorp), Rocky Mount, N. C., Chauncey H. Leggett (of Leggett & Taylor), Tarboro, N. C., for plaintiff.

Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr. (of Jones, Williams, Dorsey & Kane), Atlanta, Ga., Robert C. Howison, Jr. (of Joyner & Howison), Raleigh, N. C., for defendant.


GILLIAM, District Judge.

Action to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff when a tractor manufactured by defendant overturned on him. Plaintiff is a resident of North Carolina, defendant is an Illinois corporation and jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. The accident happened in North Carolina.

Summons was served on the North Carolina process agent of John Deere Plow Company of St. Louis, a

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