SIMMONS v. WHITAKER

No. 16746.

252 F.2d 224 (1958)

Helen SIMMONS, Appellant, v. W. WHITAKER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise C. Rowen, Galveston, Tex., for appellant.

R. A. Richardson, Robert S. Coe, Kountze, Tex., for appellees.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court denying appellant's motion for a directed verdict and granting appellees' motion for a directed verdict made at the conclusion of appellant's evidence. Its action was based upon want of jurisdiction under the holding that the evidence offered did not develop a case under the Civil Rights Statute under which the action was brought.1

The action was brought...

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