KING v. CALIFORNIA COMPANY

No. 15486.

224 F.2d 193 (1955)

Richard G. KING, Appellant, v. The CALIFORNIA COMPANY, Gulf Refining Company, Placid Oil Company, Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company and Sam Gross, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Engle, Natchez, Miss., R. L. Netterville, Natchez, Miss., for appellant.

Earl T. Thomas, Bonner R. Landman, Wm. R. Harris, Charles E. Harper, Harvey L. Strayhan, Jackson, Miss., S. B. Laub, Natchez, Miss., Robert L. Jones, Brookhaven, Miss., for appellees.

W. C. Wells, III, Calvin L. Wells, Jackson, Miss., Laub, Adams, Forman & Truly, Natchez, Miss., Wells, Thomas & Wells, Jackson, Miss., of counsel, for California Co.

C. C. Richmond, Jackson, Miss., Archie D. Gray, Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel, for Gulf Refining Co.

Jones & Stratton, Brookhaven, Miss., of counsel, for Placid Oil Co.

Eugene T. Adair, Ft. Worth, Tex., Wells, Thomas & Wells, Jackson, Miss., of counsel, for Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.

Before RIVES and CAMERON, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The question involved here is whether a partial summary judgment entered by the court below is subject to appeal under applicable statutes. A skeleton outline of the facts upon which the summary judgment was entered is necessary to an understanding of the issue presented on the motion to dismiss.

Appellant King, as plaintiff, sued four oil companies and one individual, appellees here, for damages alleged to have accrued to him from...

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