Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Nixon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1952No. 14178_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge..
This appeal is from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, dismissing the amended complaint of William O. Mitchell and Royce N. Mitchell, on the ground that the court did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter of the litigation.
The appellants, heirs of W. J. Nixon, deceased, brought this action in the court below to contest the last .will and testament of W. J. Nixon, which will had theretofore been admitted to probate in the Probate Court of Sumter County, Alabama. 1 In
their complaint they alleged that the will…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Case of Broderick's WillSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Farrell v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Sutton v. EnglishSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Ellis v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Kaplan v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Wilma Krueger and Harold Stuller v. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hannibal, Missouri, of the Estate of Charles Six, Dorothy James and Jean ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Daniel F. Rice, Jr. And Mary L. Rice v. The Rice Foundation, an Illinois Corporation, Daniel F. Rice, Jr. v. The Rice Foundation, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979