SITTON v. CLEMENTS

No. 17402.

385 F.2d 869 (1967)

Paul K. SITTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hal H. CLEMENTS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Templeton, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant.

Norman D. Lane, Nashville, Tenn. (John W. Nolan, III, Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a suit for breach of contract filed under federal diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1964). Plaintiff Sitton, a resident of North Carolina, sued defendant Clements, a Tennessee lawyer, for failing to file a personal injury action for Sitton before it was barred by the statute of limitations.

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