Case Name: STARK et al. v. SIMS et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1916-11-20
Citations: 236 F. 731
Docket Number: No. 2770
Parties: STARK et al. v. SIMS et al.
Judges: Before PARDEE and WALKER, Circuit Judges, and FOSTER, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 236
Pages: 731–731

Head Matter:
STARK et al. v. SIMS et al.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
November 20, 1916.)
No. 2770.
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge.
On rehearing.
Reversed.
For former opinion, see 230 Fed. 115, 144 C. C. A. 413.
George E. Holland, of Orange, Tex., for plaintiffs in error.
G. P. Dougherty, of Plouston, Tex., and T. L. Foster, of Beaumont, Tex., for defendants in error.
Before PARDEE and WALKER, Circuit Judges, and FOSTER, District Judge.
Rehearing denied December 18, 1916.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
On this hearing a majority of the judges, for the reasons given on former hearing (see Stark v. Sims, 230 Fed. 115, 144 C. C. A. 413), being of opinion that there was error in directing a verdict for the plaintiffs in the court below, the case is reversed and remanded, with instructions to award a new trial.