Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit February 3, 1903, No. 462 (New River Mineral Co. v. Seeley)

BRAWLEY, District Judge.

The appellant is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, with its principal office and officers in the city of New York. It is engaged in mining *194coal in tHe state of Virginia, and George M. Seeley, the appellee, was its general manager in that state, having been appointed in the year 1890, and remaining in charge until May 31, 1898.