PANNELL v. CONTINENTAL CAN CO., INC.

No. 75-3887.

554 F.2d 216 (1977)

N. B. PANNELL, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Avrett, Charles A. Pannell, Jr., Dalton, Ga., Robert E. Knox, Jr., Thomson, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

W. Spencer Connerat, Jr., Nell C. Pillard, Savannah, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM and GEE, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


BOOTLE, District Judge:

The plaintiffs N. B. Pannell, Jr., Paul Anderson Pannell, and Dollie Bennie Pannell on February 26, 1974 brought an ejectment suit in the Superior Court of McDuffie County, Georgia against Continental Can Company, Inc. (Continental) seeking recovery of 1,248 acres of land, together with rents, mesne profits, and punitive damages. Continental caused the case to be removed to the U. S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia on grounds of...

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