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O.D. Bratton v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Mar 2, 1956
230 F.2d 952 (6th Cir. 1956)

Opinion

No. 12548.

March 2, 1956.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis; Marion Speed Boyd, Judge.

Lowell W. Taylor, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

H. Brian Holland, Ellis N. Slack, Henry L. Spencer and Marvin W. Weinstein, Washington, D.C., Millsaps Fitzhugh, Memphis, Tenn., for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.


This case came on to be heard upon the record and briefs and oral argument of counsel;

On consideration whereof, it appearing that the findings of fact of the District Court are supported by the record and that the applicable statutes were correctly applied, Lazier v. United States, 8 Cir., 170 F.2d 521; Smith v. United States, D.C., 85 F. Supp. 838, affirmed 6 Cir., 180 F.2d 357. Cf. Stephenson v. Commissioner, 6 Cir., 101 F.2d 33, certiorari denied 307 U.S. 647, 59 S.Ct. 1046, 83 L.Ed. 1527.

And no reversible error appearing in the record:

It is ordered that the judgment of the District Court be and it hereby is affirmed.


Summaries of

O.D. Bratton v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Mar 2, 1956
230 F.2d 952 (6th Cir. 1956)
Case details for

O.D. Bratton v. United States

Case Details

Full title:O.D. BRATTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Mar 2, 1956

Citations

230 F.2d 952 (6th Cir. 1956)

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