COWAN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 82-4107 Summary Calendar.

719 F.2d 785 (1983)

Mary Ezell COWAN, Individually and as Community Survivor of the Estate of Earl Cowan, Deceased, and on behalf of the heirs at law of Earl Cowan, Boyce Wayne Cowan, Earline Tennison, and Clifford Dale Cowan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin & Melvin, Leonard B. Melvin, Jr., Laurel, Miss., Ament, Dixon & Richards, Robert Wm. Richards, John S. Ament, Jacksonville, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Watkins & Eager, Michael W. Ulmer, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Now back to constitute Cowan III, this diversity suit, filed in Federal District Court in the Southern District of Mississippi, arises from a fatal accident which occurred in Texas. Neither the decedent nor any of the parties is a resident of Mississippi. Defendant, Ford Motor Company, however, is expressly authorized to do business in Mississippi, is actually doing business in Mississippi, and has designated a resident agent for service of process...

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