Earl R. Baxter, Willeyne Baxter, Lynn O. Muse, Richard L. King and W. K. Cash v. United Forest Products Co., Inc.

This appeal arises from a district court’s auxiliary order sequestering monies of the defendants in a federal diversity case without compliance with state law governing attachment. We find no authority for the action of the district court and vacate its order.

The facts show that in 1962 the defendants formed the Baxter Lumber Company and became its major stockholders. The company, which had plants in Iowa, Texas and Tennessee, engaged primarily in the assembling of ammunition boxes. The plaintiff, United Forest Product's Company, Inc., supplied pre-cut component parts of wooden boxes to the…