KIRBY LUMBER CORPORATION v. KARPEL

No. 15797.

233 F.2d 373 (1956)

KIRBY LUMBER CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. Mrs. Mollie KARPEL et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Reavley, Jasper, Tex., Wm. Brantly Harris, Houston, Tex., Fisher & Reavley, Jasper, Tex., for Allen A. Few et al., appellants.

B. L. Collins, Lufkin, Tex., Fountain, Cox & Gaines, Houston, Tex., for George Lanier and Kirby Lumber Corp., appellants.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

Diversity of citizenship and an allegation that the amount in controversy exceeded $3,000, bring this litigation within Federal orbit. The plaintiffs below, appellees here, brought suit for damages resulting from the unauthorized cutting and removal of timber from plaintiffs' land in Newton County, Texas. The timber was cut by the defendant, McKinley White, converted by him into cross-ties which were sold to the defendants, George Lanier and...

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