Legal Opinion
Smith v. Landis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1954No. 14501PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
Plaintiff, James B. Smith, alleging himself to be a “resident” of the State of Texas, brought this suit in the Alexandria Division of the Western District of Louisiana against B. S. Landis, Mrs. Zoe B. Snyder, John B. Snyder and Mrs. Zelma S. Pipes, “residents of the Parish of Franklin, La.” which is in the Monroe Division. In exceptions, defendants insisted the complaint failed to state the citizenship of either plaintiff or defendants, but merely the residence, and the action was brought in a division other than that where the defendants lived, but these were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jefferson v. GammSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Bomarito v. Max Barnett Furniture Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
- Smith v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Smith v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1929
- Smith v. LandisDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1952
3Cited by2 opinions
- Willems v. Barclays Bank D. C. O.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- John F. Iselin and Joan B. Iselin v. Lester J. Meng, Lester J. Meng, Jr., James C. Meng, the General Box Company, Inc., and C. W. Hunter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959