DAHL v. AKIN

No. 79-1409.

630 F.2d 277 (1980)

George Leighton DAHL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gloria Dahl AKIN and Ted M. Akin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Case, Louis P. Bickel, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, Paul D. Schoonover, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, RUBIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

George L. Dahl, an elderly Texas widower, planned to remarry.1 Dahl's daughter Gloria, fearing diversion of her father's estate, resolved to stop his remarriage. When filial remonstrances failed, Gloria resorted to the Texas courts. First, by means of false, ex parte representations that her father was incompetent, Gloria succeeded in having herself appointed his...

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