LONG v. HERNDON

No. 10839.

90 F.2d 94 (1937)

LONG v. HERNDON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

May 29, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. Roddy, of Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Jack Holt, Atty. Gen., and John P. Streepey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before GARDNER, WOODROUGH, and BOOTH, Circuit Judges.


BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This action was commenced in the federal court on the ground of diversity of citizenship to recover possession of a rare collection of newspaper files covering the years 1832 to 1888. The files are in the possession of defendant-appellee, Dallas T. Herndon, as secretary of the Arkansas History Commission.

The facts are briefly as follows: About 1832, Col. Alf Whittington started a collection of newspaper files and continued said collection...

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