George L. Curry v. Wallace C. Ragan

With commendable zeal and energy, accompanied by an intelligent oral argument, the appellant, a layman, pro se, prosecutes this appeal from a judgment dismissing his complaint on the double ground, “that the pleadings of plaintiff fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, and that there is a want of federal jurisdiction,” and from a further judgment denying his motion to reconsider and reinstate the case.

The complaint and amendments thereto and further pleadings, apparently by way of replication, are extremely lengthy, comprising more than sixty typed legal-sized pages. They…