DANOS v. WATERFORD OIL COMPANY

No. 21371.

351 F.2d 940 (1965)

Guillaume DANOS, Sr., Administrator of the Succession of Bazelike Mire, wife of, and Urbin Danos, also known as Urbain Danosse, Appellants, v. WATERFORD OIL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. J. Daly, New Orleans, La., Wm. J. White, Gretna, La., for appellants.

L. K. Benson, J. B. Miller, Bernard J. Caillouet, Melvin Evans, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before JONES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


BREWSTER, District Judge.

The appellant based his claim of jurisdiction in this action to recover ownership and possession of certain land in Louisiana upon the diversity statute. He alleged that the amount in controversy exceeded the statutory minimum, that he was a citizen of Louisiana, and that the three defendants were corporations incorporated and domiciled in states other than Louisiana.

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