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WILLIAMS v. TOOKE

No. 9273.

108 F.2d 758 (1940)

WILLIAMS et al. v. TOOKE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. B. Chapin, of San Antonio, Tex., for appellants.

Grover Sellers and George S. Terry, both of Dallas, Tex., and Geo. M. Conner, T. R. James, and Joe Ewing Estes, all of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment dismissing a suit for want of jurisdiction. The suit is by Susie Williams and some 18 others against Allen Tooke and some 40 others. Many of the parties on both sides are citizens of Texas. Jurisdiction depends upon whether a substantial Federal question is properly presented for decision. The complaint is very lengthy, occupying, with exhibits, 153 pages of the printed transcript. However, the case as disclosed...

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