RORICK v. UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION

No. 9775.

120 F.2d 418 (1941)

RORICK et al. v. UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manley P. Caldwell, of West Palm Beach, Fla., Harold W. Fraser, of Toledo, Ohio, and Wm. H. Watson and C. J. Brown, both of Pensacola, Fla., for appellants.

J. Tom Watson, Atty. Gen. of Florida, M. C. McIntosh and Millard B. Conklin, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Florida, Herbert S. Sawyer, T. M. Johnston, Scott M. Loftin, Jas. E. Calkins, Robert H. Anderson, and Paul R. Scott, all of Miami, Fla., R. C. Alley, of West Palm Beach, Fla., John D. Kennedy, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., T. B. Ellis, Jr., of Fort Pierce, Fla., and R. K. Lewis, of West Palm Beach, Fla., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Rorick, Easton and Grundy, citizens of Ohio and Pennsylvania, brought in the District Court six equitable actions each against a person of diverse citizenship as an owner of land in Everglades Drainage District, Florida, joining as defendants the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District, a public quasi corporation of Florida, and the Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General and Commissioner of Agriculture of Florida as...

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