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BURKS v. TEXAS CO.

No. 14671.

211 F.2d 443 (1954)

BURKS v. TEXAS CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon M. White, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

D. Douglas Howard, Richard S. Lake, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

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

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for damages to land in Louisiana, allegedly resulting from a geophysical trespass thereon by the appellee. The case went to trial on the merits and, at the conclusion thereof, the court below was of the opinion that the amount involved was not sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the federal district court in a controversy wholly between citizens of different states. Consequently,...

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