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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. LIGHT

No. 5-5726.

475 S.W.2d 513 (1972)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Charles W. LIGHT, Judge of Craighead County Circuit Court, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Smith, and Joe D. Bell, Little Rock, for petitioner.

Frierson, Walker, Snellgrove & Laser, Jonesboro, for respondent.

BROWN, Justice.

Petitioner, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, seeks a writ of prohibition, contending that jurisdiction does not lie with the Craighead County Circuit Court to try the case of Gerald E. Lamb and Wheeler Brick Company vs. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. Petitioner contends that Pulaski County Circuit Court has jurisdiction because petitioner first filed a suit in that county arising out of the same accident...

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