ISELIN v. LA COSTE

No. 10803.

139 F.2d 887 (1944)

ISELIN et al. v. LA COSTE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Bryan Dabney, of Vicksburg, Miss., for appellants.

J. D. Thames and William F. Laughlin, both of Vicksburg, Miss., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by appellants to secure a judicial declaration that they were the fee-simple owners with right of possession of a tract of land in Warren County, Mississippi. The court below sustained a motion to dismiss the suit on the ground that the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and from that judgment this appeal was brought.

Appellants' claim of title, as set forth in the petition, derived...

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