Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1951No. 13240_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from summary judgments entered against plaintiffs in four suits consolidated as one for hearing and appeal. Though they were brought to establish ownership of, and quiet title to, 360 acres of oil bearing land, this appeal is not concerned with questions of title as such.
Reduced to its essence, what and all that is in question here is whether the district judge was right in holding that matters and things determined and adjudged against plaintiffs in the suit they had brought in a Mississippi Chancery Court, having jurisdiction of persons and subject…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Cobb v. ClarkDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1966
- Heron v. City of DenverCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
- Mrs. Mary St. Tammany O'COnnOr McCarthy v. Frank B. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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