SEXTON v. BARRY

No. 12569.

233 F.2d 220 (1956)

James F. SEXTON, Appellant, v. Eleanore M. BARRY, J. Frank Pollock, Judge, Probate Court of Lake County, The State of Ohio, The Court of Probate, Lake County, Carl V. Weygandt, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, The State of Ohio, The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Sexton, Cleveland, Ohio, prose.

Thomas O. Nevision, Allen C. Holmes, Robert W. Poore, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief, for appellee Barry.

Oliver R. Marshall, Painesville, Ohio, for appellees J. Frank Pollock, Probate Judge, Carl V. Weygandt, Chief Judge, Supreme Court of Ohio.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

The District Court dismissed appellant's complaint, which alleged a violation of his constitutional rights by the Judge of the Probate Court of Lake County, Ohio, and by other defendants. This appeal was then instituted.

The case arises out of the following facts, which are undisputed:

In August, 1953, appellant, claiming to be a legatee of the estate of Patrick Sexton, deceased, filed in the Probate Court of Lake County, Ohio...

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