Legal Opinion
R. D. MacKintosh v. Estate of Henry M. Marks
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1955No. 15483PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
A troublesome question concerning indispensable parties must be decided on this appeal. Jurisdiction was based solely on diversity of citizenship. The requisite diversity existed between the parties to the original complaint, but the district court, 15 F.R.D.. 332, dismissed the suit for failure of the plaintiffs to comply with the court’s order that they join additional parties, whose joinder would have defeated the jurisdiction of the court.
The case made by the complaint is briefly as follows. On July 1, 1930, a deed vested an absolute or fee simple title to the “Gum…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bemis Bro. Bag Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Calcote v. Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- Hudson v. NewellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Lockhart v. LeedsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Keegan v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Dorothy Evans Anderson Etc. v. Dr. M. L. MoorerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Lige Estes v. Shell Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Mrs. Louise Bisbey Stewart v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Mrs. Edna Romero Doty v. St. Mary Parish Land CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Standard Oil Company of Texas and New Idria Mining & Chemical Company v. J. W. Marshall, D/B/A Marshall Pipe & Supply CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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