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SKELTON v. W. T. GRANT COMPANY

No. 20980.

331 F.2d 593 (1964)

Mrs. Lillian M. SKELTON, Appellant, v. W. T. GRANT COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Shelfer, Haas, Dunaway, Shelfer & Haas, Altanta, Ga., for appellant.

H. A. Stephens, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee; Smith, Field, Ringel, Martin & Carr, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CARSWELL, District Judge.

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal by the trial court of an action for false arrest and illegal restraint brought in the state courts of Georgia, and removed to the federal court as a diversity case.

The basis of the trial court's order of dismissal was its conclusion that the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Statutes, as construed by the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, foreclosed any cause of action by an employee against his employer...

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