RUSSELL v. HACKWORTH

No. 15034.

233 F.2d 503 (1956)

William R. RUSSELL and Mrs. Anna L. Russell, his wife, Appellants, v. George W. HACKWORTH, Frank R. Braley et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. Lawrence, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., Keith R. Ferguson, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Before POPE, LEMMON and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

This case is an excellent example of the wisdom of the rule forbidding a final judgment "upon one or more but less than all of the claims" except upon "an express determination that there is no just reason for delay and upon an express direction for the entry of judgment". Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A.

In the instant suit, the complaint consists of eighteen "causes of action" arising out of an...

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