DENMAN v. WERTZ

No. 15976.

372 F.2d 135 (1967)

Nathaniel DENMAN and Jack Graiver v. William WERTZ et al., Nathaniel A. Denman, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1967.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Lurie, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Robert E. Dauer, Asst. City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa. (David Stahl, City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellees Fred Schoettle, A. J. Larkin and E. N. Johnson.

Craig J. Stockdale, County Solicitor's Office, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Maurice Louik, County Solicitor, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee K. Brown.

Before HASTIE, GANEY and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the question whether a complaint states a cause of action under the Civil Rights Acts of 1861 and 1871, R.S. §§ 1979, 1980, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985. The complaint, drafted by a layman, charges various persons with a conspiracy to take the minor children of the plaintiff Denman from him and to surrender them to their mother, his estranged wife, from whom the plaintiff had taken them...

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