Butler v. Bazemore

BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

This action, brought under the Diversity Statute,1 is the successor to the case of Whittington v. Bazemore, 133 F. Supp. 163, decided by this Court on July 11, 1955, and reversed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 245 F.2d 943, on July 31, 1957. It is advisable to reiterate the facts of that case, the holdings of both Courts, and the subsequent happenings giving rise to this action.

On October 27, 1941, Keatchie Investment Corporation, a Louisiana corporation (called Keatchie), owned the undivided fee simple title to:

The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast…