Legal Opinion
Revies v. Loyd
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided May 18, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 8194PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, a citizen of Mississippi, filed this action against C. A. Loyd, a citizen of Louisiana and of this District, for recognition and enforcement of a final judgment rendered on April 19, 1955, by the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, in a case styled “Will Revies versus C. A. Loyd,” docket number 4080 in the Mississippi court. The amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional1 amount of $10,000.
Defendant contends that the judgment sought to be recognized is null and void because the Mississippi court rendering the judgment lacked personal…
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- Doris Berkman v. Ann Lewis Shops, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- McCoy v. WatsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
- In Re Adoption of a MinorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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