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GAINES v. POINDEXTER

Civ. A. No. 6176.

155 F.Supp. 638 (1957)

F.C. GAINES, Jr., v. R. Downs POINDEXTER.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

October 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Hamilton, Witts, Geary, Hamilton & Brice, Dallas, Tex., J. Edwin Bailey, Jr., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Sidney M. Cook, Charles D. Egan, Benjamin C. King and Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, La., for defendant.

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

F. C. Gaines, Jr., here sues R. Downs Poindexter for $1,450,000 in damages. The claim results from defendant's having allegedly alienated the affections of plaintiff's wife.

Jurisdiction is based solely on the Diversity Statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332, plaintiff being a resident citizen of Dallas, Texas, and defendant of Shreveport, Louisiana.

The complaint sets forth a sordid story: Plaintiff was married to...

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