Legal Opinion

Helen Simmons v. W. Whitaker

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 14, 1958No. 16746Published

1Opinion of the Court

252 F.2d 224

Helen SIMMONS, Appellant,

v.

W. WHITAKER et al., Appellees.

No. 16746.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1958.

Louise C. Rowen, Galveston, Tex., for appellant.

R. A. Richardson, Robert S. Coe, Kountze, Tex., for appellees.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

1

This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court denying appellant's motion for a directed verdict and granting appellees' motion for a directed verdict made at the conclusion of appellant's evidence. Its action was based upon want of jurisdiction under the holding that…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  5. Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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