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THAMES v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

No. 9632.

117 F.2d 949 (1941)

THAMES v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI for Use and Benefit of SHOEMAKER. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. H. Watkins and C. B. Snow, both of Jackson, Miss., for appellants.

R. W. Thompson, Jr., of Gulfport, Miss., and Frank F. Mize, of Forest, Miss., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The judgments from which appeal is taken are one for $20,000 in favor of "the State of Mississippi for the use and benefit of J. E. Shoemaker, Admr. of the estate of Ray Grant" against "J. L. Thames, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company," and one refusing to set aside this judgment for want of jurisdiction because there was no diversity of citizenship. The question of jurisdiction...

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