JANOUSEK v. FRENCH

Nos. 16485 and 16486.

287 F.2d 616 (1961)

Emma JANOUSEK et al., Appellants, v. Louis B. FRENCH, Special Administrator of the Estate of Willis W. French, Deceased, Appellee. Emma JANOUSEK et al., Appellants, v. John MANUS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph O. Janousek, Washington, D. C., and John R. Green, St. Louis, Mo., are on the brief, for appellant.

Everett A. Bogue, Vermillion, S. D. and Louis B. French, Yankton, S. D., are on the brief, for appellee.

Before WOODROUGH, VAN OOSTERHOUT, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

By these appeals, appellants, hereinafter referred to collectively as plaintiffs, seek relief from orders of the district court entered on March 22, 1960, whereby their actions were dismissed upon the merits and without trial. In the district court the cases were numbered 1156 and 1157, which we shall adopt for the purposes of this opinion.

Although the issue before us involves only the question of whether the trial court abused its...

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