Legal Opinion
Kirby Lumber Corporation v. Samantha Smart White Et Vir
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1961No. 18174_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
Samantha Smart White (hereinafter called appellee), joined pro forma by her *568husband McKinley White, sued appellant Kirby Lumber Corporation for an undivided one-fifth interest in four tracts of timbered land aggregating one hundred ninety acres in Newton County, Texas, and for the value of timber cut by appellant from said land. The action, being one in trespass to try title, was begun in a state court of Texas and was removed on grounds of diversity of citizenship to the court below where it was tried before court and jury.
After denying appellant’s motion for a…
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