Legal Opinion
Burks v. Texas Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1954No. 14671PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages to Jand in Louisiana, allegedly resulting from a geophysical trespass thereon by the.ap-pellee. The case went to .trial on f]hp merits and, at the conclusion thereof, the court below was of the opinion that the amount involved was not sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the federal district court in a controversy wholly between citizens of different states. Consequently, the suit was dismissed for want of federal jurisdiction. The appellant attacks the judgment of dismissal on the ground that it was not proper for the judge to dispose of a…
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- Wiley v. SinklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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