Legal Opinion
Iselin v. La Coste
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1944No. 10803PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by appellants to secure a judicial declaration that they were the fee-simple owners with right of possession of a tract of land in Warren County, Mississippi. The court below sustained a motion to dismiss the suit on the ground that the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and from that judgment this appeal was brought.
Appellants’ claim of title, as set forth in the petition, derived from their purchase of certain lands in Louisiana bordering upon the Mississippi River. It was alleged that the tract of land in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Banks v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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- John F. Iselin and Joan B. Iselin v. Lester J. Meng, Lester J. Meng, Jr., James C. Meng, the General Box Company, Inc., and C. W. Hunter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Iselin v. C. W. Hunter Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
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