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381 F.2d 371

Docket No. 23249.

Fletcher v. Hightower

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 21, 1967.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1967-08-21

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently September 1969

5 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Smoot v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, Inc. · Duke v. Sun Oil Co.

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1967-08-21

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¶1Gerald Weatherly, Graham, Tex., for appellant.

¶2S. G. Johndroe, Jr., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellees.

¶3Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and COLEMAN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5Since the order dismissing the complaint for failure to state a claim was entered essentially on the basis of facts set forth in the answer which made the dismissal premature, we vacate that order. But in so doing we express no opinion as to the merits of the claim, nor do we even intimate whether it will survive summary judgment or warrant a partial or full blown trial. See Tyler v. Peel Corp., 5 Cir., 1967, 371 F.2d 788, 791-92; Chagas v. Berry, 5 Cir., 1966, 369 F.2d 637, 642; Garrett v. American Airlines, Inc., 5 Cir., 1964, 332 F.2d 939, *372944, 3 A.L.R.3d 930; River Brand Rice Mills Inc. v. General Foods Corp., 5 Cir., 1964, 334 F.2d 770, 773; Duke v. Sun Oil Co., 5 Cir., 1963, 320 F.2d 853, 866; Smoot v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 1962, 299 F.2d 525, 534; Camilla Cotton Oil Co. v. Spencer Kellogg & Sons, 5 Cir., 1958, 257 F.2d 162, 167; Carss v. Outboard Marine Corp., 5 Cir., 1958, 252 F.2d 690, 691; Millet v. Godchaux Sugars, 5 Cir., 1957, 241 F.2d 264, 267; Gulf Oil Corp. v. Wright, 5 Cir., 1956, 236 F.2d 46, 53.

¶6Vacated and remanded.

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