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GILLENTINE v. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

No. 13574.

194 F.2d 970 (1952)

GILLENTINE v. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 4, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd W. Cunningham, J. A. Cunningham, Booneville, Miss., for appellant.

Ed C. Brewer and E. Cage Brewer, Jr., Clarksdale, Miss., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action, sounding in tort, for personal injuries sustained by the appellant in the erection of a cotton gin on a plantation owned by the appellee and situated in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. The appellee is a religious, charitable, and educational corporation, located in Bloomington, Illinois, and chartered by the legislature of that state in 1853. The plantation was donated to the University many years ago. Federal jurisdiction...

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