GRAVES v. SNEED

No. 75-1746.

541 F.2d 159 (1976)

George GRAVES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas E. SNEED et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson G. Graves, New York City, Jackson, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert M. Williams, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for F. H. A.

John W. Norris, Brownsville, Tenn., for Rawls & McCools.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, McCREE, Circuit Judge, and GREEN, Senior District Judge.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This case involves yet another effort to make a federal question out of litigation where exclusive jurisdiction is in State courts. Basically it is a traditional action in equity—to have deeds declared to be mortgages, to obtain an accounting and to compel the reconveyance of certain real estate to plaintiffs. Chief District Judge Bailey Brown dismissed the complaint for lack of jurisdiction, but without prejudice. We affirm.

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