EDDINGS v. COLLINS PINE COMPANY

Nos. 34493-34495.

140 F.Supp. 622 (1956)

Ruler D. EDDINGS, Plaintiff, v. COLLINS PINE COMPANY and Almanor Railroad Company, Defendants. Lawrence HITCHCOCK, Plaintiff, v. COLLINS PINE COMPANY and Almanor Railroad Company, Defendants. Thomas G. JAMES, Plaintiff, v. COLLINS PINE COMPANY and Almanor Railroad Company, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

April 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobriner, Lazarus, Brundage & Neyhart, David B. Gold, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

A. B. Dunne, Dunne, Dunne & Phelps, John W. Martin, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.


OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

Three cases have been consolidated for a preliminary hearing on the question of the jurisdiction of the Court. The plaintiffs were injured in a common accident, and each brought a separate action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., against the same defendants, Collins Pine Company, hereinafter called "Collins", and Almanor Railroad Company, hereinafter called "Almanor".

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