WARFIELD v. MARKS

No. 13536.

190 F.2d 178 (1951)

WARFIELD et al. v. MARKS et al. MARKS et al. v. WARFIELD et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. E. Gwinn, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant and cross-appellee.

E. L. Brunini, Vicksburg, Miss., S. B. Laub, Charles F. Patterson, Natchez, Miss., P. H. Eager, Jr., Jackson, Miss., M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Miss., for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action seeking, inter alia, to cancel a consent decree in a cause in the Chancery Court of Adams County, Mississippi. Federal jurisdiction is predicated solely upon diversity of citizenship, but it appears upon the face of the complaint that one of the plaintiffs, Mary Cook Smith, is a citizen of Ohio; and that one of the defendants, Sohio Petroleum Company, is an Ohio corporation. Prima facie, this is sufficient to...

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