LANHAM v. HOWELL

No. 14014.

200 F.2d 799 (1953)

Henry F. LANHAM et al. v. Robert L. HOWELL, Individually and as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of J. D. Lanham, Deceased.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthar Bruce, Greenwood, Miss., Charles W. Anderson, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Hardy Lott, H. Talbot Odom and Means Johnston, Greenwood, Miss., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that the matter is res judicata having been finally determined by the Supreme Court of Mississippi in Lanham v. Howell, 210 Miss. 383, 49 So.2d 701. The complaint claims federal jurisdiction on the ground of diversity of citizenship, alleging but not specifying fraud and seeking to invoke...

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