Margaret Christmas Lafargue and Alexander Lafargue v. Dr. Ernest C. Samuel

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

October 24, 1966.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1966.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1966-10-24

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently September 1968

4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

2 counsel of record

Relies on 182 So. 2d 109 - Succession of Roux v. Guidry

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1966-10-24

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; W. Harold Cox, Judge.

John D. Lambert, Jr., Harry Nowalsky, New Orleans, La., Robert B. Adam, Gulfport, Miss., and Coe, Nowalsky & Lambert, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Rae Bryant, Gulfport, Miss., James N. Drury, Drury & Lozes, New Orleans, La., Thomas L. Stennis, II, Gulfport, Miss., for appellees.

Before JONES, COLEMAN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

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In this appeal, where jurisdiction depends upon diversity of citizenship, the controlling principle is announced in Succession of Roux v. Guidry, decided by the Court of Appeal of Louisiana and reported in 182 So.2d 109. The rule there announced requires that the judgment of the district court be, and it is

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Affirmed.