Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Marks
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1945No. 11151PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, twenty-four in number, sued to be recognized as the sole owners and possessors of a tract of land located in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, having a value in excess of $3,000, free from all claims of the appellee Henry M. Marks.
Jurisdiction was based upon diversity of citizenship. The complaint alleged that all plaintiffs were citizens and residents of Louisiana except two, who were citizens and residents of the State of Illinois, and that the defendants were citizens and residents of Mississippi, West Virginia, and Delaware. Upon the motion of the defendant Marks…
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