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WRIGHT v. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 16066.

242 F.2d 1 (1957)

Rayford J. WRIGHT and National Surety Corporation, Intervenor, Appellants, v. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Dubuisson, Dubuisson & Dubuisson, Opelousas, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

A. V. Pavy, Opelousas, La., for National Surety Corporation, intervenor-appellant.

H. L. Hammett, New Orleans, La., Hammett & Bertel, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

The question involved on this appeal is whether the District Court committed error in dismissing the action for want of prosecution. For a clear understanding of the problem at hand, it would appear in order that we set forth in brief the events leading up to the judgment of dismissal.

This action was brought in the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana solely on the grounds of diversity...

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