STRICKER v. MORGAN

No. 17570.

268 F.2d 882 (1959)

R. M. STRICKER, Appellant, v. J. P. MORGAN et al. (Mrs. Margaret Koehler Morgan, Edward C. Morgan and Evelyn Morgan Wiemer, substituted as appellees in the place and stead of J. P. Morgan, deceased), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard H. Brandon, Natchez, Miss., Edwin Leland Richardson, Baton Rouge, La., Clay B. Tucker, Woodville, Miss., Gerald N. Sims, Vidalia, La., Dale Richardson & Dale, Baton Rouge and Vidalia, La., Brandon, Brandon, Hornsby & Handy, Natchez, Miss., for appellant.

C. Delbert Hosemann, Vicksburg, Miss., Edmund L. Brunini, Jackson, Miss., William H. Talbot, New Orleans, La., Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Vicksburg, Miss., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the court below, sitting without jury, was clearly erroneous in holding that plaintiff-appellant R. M. Stricker had not sustained the burden of proving that he was entitled to a decree against defendant-appellee J. P. Morgan,1 confirming in plaintiff title to an undivided one-half interest in Esperanza Plantation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, and ordering an accounting...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases