Jack C. Vaughan v. The First National Bank of Greenville, Mississippi, and J. W. King

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

On June 1, 1953, plaintiff, suing on his own behalf and alleging himself to be a citizen of the State of Louisiana, and that defendants were citizens of Mississippi, brought this suit to recover of each and both defendants $183,-542.55, alleged to have been lost by him as a result of their fraudulent and negligent conduct as his agents in connection with the handling of certain farm lands in Chicot County, Arkansas, which appellant held under lease with an option to purchase.

Thereafter, motions were filed thick and fast, 1 and plaintiff’s appeal is from orders entered…