CRAWFORD v. COURTNEY

No. 71-1146.

451 F.2d 489 (1971)

Hilda C. CRAWFORD et al., Appellants, v. Paul COURTNEY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

November 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Crawford, Baltimore, Md., on brief for appellants.

Peter L. Chakmakian, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., on brief for appellees.

Before BRYAN, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the difficult question of whether the district judge abused his discretion in declining the exercise of federal diversity jurisdiction. We think he not unreasonably abstained in favor of a state court having prior jurisdiction, and affirm the district court order dismissing the complaint in the federal court.

This litigation began as a land condemnation action in a state court of West Virginia. Pursuant to the state...

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