Western Star Lodge, No. 24 v. Burkes Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; George W. Jack, Judge. Suit in equity by the Burkes Construction Company and others against the Western Star Lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M., and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
CALL, District Judge.
This appeal presents matters of procedure in the trial court. The merits of the litigation are not before us on this record. The material facts shown by the record can be stated as follows :
On June 11, 1917, the Burkes Construction Company (herein called the appellee), a Mississippi corporation, filed at Monroe, in the Western district of Louisiana, its bill against the Western Star Lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M., of Monroe, La. (hereinafter called the appellant), and various other defendants, wherein it sought to have a building contract declared breached by the appellant, to…
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