UNION CAMP CORPORATION v. DYAL

No. 71-1776.

460 F.2d 678 (1972)

UNION CAMP CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James E. DYAL, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants, and John M. Murrell et al., Additional Defendants, Leon A. Wilson, II, et al., Third Party Claimants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Spicer, Don G. Nicholson, Miami, Fla., Edwin G. Barham, Valdosta, Ga., Nicholson, Howard, Brawner & Lovett, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

George W. Williams, Robert M. Williams, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Ga., for Union Camp Corp.

Anthony A. Alaimo, Brunswick, Ga., for Mrs. Willie Dyal, ind. and as admx. of estate of Milton Dyal, deceased.

Leon A. Wilson, II, C. Edwin Rozier, Waycross, Ga., for Leon A. Wilson and others.

Malberry Smith, Savannah, Ga., for Julian F. Corish, Atty. of Savannah claimants.

Before MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges and RUBIN, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 28, 1972.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

An old saw recites that a bad settlement is better than a good law suit. At age 76, J. Edgar Dyal questions this folk wisdom, and seeks to avoid a stipulation that he expressly authorized his lawyers to sign on his behalf and on behalf of the other defendants, his wife and children and certain other persons who are contingent remaindermen of inter vivos trusts created by...

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