Legal Opinion
Thames v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Shoemaker
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1941No. 9632PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The judgments from which appeal is taken are one for $20,000 in favor of “the State of Mississippi for the use and benefit of J. E. Shoemaker, Admr. of the estate of Ray Grant” against “J. L. Thames, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company,” and one refusing to set aside this judgment for want of jurisdiction because there was no diversity of citizenship. The question of jurisdiction we have found controlling and will state the case with special reference to it.
The suit was filed in the district court in the name…
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- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- McLean v. Mississippi Ex Rel. RoyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Mississippi Power Co. v. ArchibaldMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Kelly v. HowardMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
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- Partyka v. Yazoo Development Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1979
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