SCREVEN COUNTY v. BRIER CREEK HUNTING & FISHING CLUB

No. 14257.

202 F.2d 369 (1953)

SCREVEN COUNTY et al. v. BRIER CREEK HUNTING & FISHING CLUB, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Colbert Hawkins, J. Henry Howard, Sylvania, Ga., for appellant.

Benj. E. Pierce, W. Inman Curry, Pierce Brothers, Augusta, Ga., Hilton & Hilton, Sylvania, Ga., and Curry & Curry, Augusta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court enjoining appellants, individually and as members of the Board of Commissioners of Screven County, Georgia, from entering upon the property of appellee for the purpose of tearing down fences or gates and opening a road or roads therein. The question of federal jurisdiction over the subject matter of the suit is the only one necessary to be decided upon this appeal.

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