Legal Opinion
Byrd v. Bates
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1955No. 15173PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs filed this action on April 20, 1953, naming some twenty-one individuals, trustees, executors, guardians, partnerships, and corporations as defendants, for the wrongful death of James Winchester on or about April 21, 1951. The original complaint of 15 pages, was amended by the filing of a 19-page amendment. A second attempted amendment appears in the record, but was not filed by the clerk. Summons was not immediately issued; the docket sheet of the District Court at Dallas bears the notation, “summons to be held up, awaiting copies of complaint.” On August 20, 1953, the cause was…
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