GREENFELD v. SUPERVISORS' DIST. NO. 3 OF PERRY COUNTY

No. 14450.

205 F.2d 323 (1953)

GREENFELD et al. v. SUPERVISORS' DIST. NO. 3 OF PERRY COUNTY, MISS. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Watkins, H. V. Watkins, William H. Watkins, P. H. Eager, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for appellants. Watkins & Eager, Watkins, Edwards & Ludlam, Jackson, Miss., of counsel.

M. M. Roberts, Earle L. Wingo, Hattiesburg, Miss., C. C. Smith, Richton, Miss., for appellees.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a final judgment that cancelled a contract dated April 22, 1948, between appellants and appellees, who will be referred to as lessee and lessor, respectively. There is no serious dispute about the validity of the contract under the law of Mississippi. The question is one of its interpretation. This court will not undertake to make a contract for the parties.

The lessee agreed...

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