JOHNSTON v. BYRD

No. 22007.

354 F.2d 982 (1965)

Mrs. Vesta G. JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. Calvin S. BYRD and Ray D. Bridges, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben H. Walley, Leakesville, Miss., William Grayson, Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Leon G. Duke (on the brief) Allan R. Cameron, Mobile, Ala., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama erred in dismissing the appellant's complaint for want of subject-matter jurisdiction or, more specifically, whether this is a suit "arising under" the Constitution and laws of the United States as required by 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331.

Appellee Byrd obtained a civil judgment in an Alabama court against appellant's husband in...

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