MUDD v. TEAGUE

No. 15066.

220 F.2d 162 (1955)

Mary Royster MUDD, Appellant, v. Edw. C. TEAGUE, Executor of the Estate of Maggie Shay, Deceased, and Silex Banking Company, a Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Frank, St. Louis, Mo. (Alan R. Klobasa, St. Louis, Mo., with him on the brief), for appellant.

Marion S. Francis, St. Louis, Mo. (D. E. Williams, Troy, Mo., and Bryan Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., with him on the brief), for appellees.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sued appellees to obtain possession of some United States bonds, in the amount of $11,000, and to have her alleged right of ownership thereto confirmed by declaratory judgment. The complaint showed that both appellant and appellees were citizens and residents of the State of Missouri. The District Court dismissed the action for lack of jurisdiction.

The contention here is that federal jurisdiction was present upon either of...

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