Legal Opinion
Jim L. Napper and Wife, Jo Ann Napper v. Anderson, Henley, Shields, Bradford & Pritchard, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1974No. 73-3746PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a judgment of the district court dismissing the case for want of jurisdiction and without prejudice. We affirm.
The complaint seeks the recovery of damages from a Dallas, Texas, law partnership and the individual partners for alleged malpractice involving the validity and effect of a conveyance of the Napper’s home in Dallas. 1 • The first action asserting this claim was filed by plaintiffs on June 9, 1971, in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas. The complaint alleged that the cause of action arose in Arkansas, and sought ,to have the Arkansas…
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