Legal Opinion
Gaines v. Poindexter
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided October 8, 1957No. Civ. A. 6176PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
F. C. Gaines, Jr., here sues R. Downs Poindexter for $1,450,000 in damages. The claim results from defendant’s having allegedly alienated the affections of plaintiff’s wife.
Jurisdiction is based solely on the Diversity Statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332, plaintiff being a resident citizen of Dallas, Texas, and defendant of Shreveport, Louisiana.
The complaint sets forth a sordid story: Plaintiff was married to Miriam Janis on June 11, 1944, at Dallas, where they and their three children, born of the marriage, lived together happily until July, 1956. At that time…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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