BECK v. UNITED STATES

No. 7993.

33 F.2d 107 (1929)

BECK v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

May 11, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Williams, of St. Louis, Mo. (N. C. Whaley, of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

C. J. Stattler, Asst. U. S. Atty., of St. Louis, Mo. (Louis H. Breuer, U. S. Atty., of Rolla, Mo., on the brief), for the United States.

Before LEWIS, Circuit Judge, and WOODROUGH and McDERMOTT, District Judges.


McDERMOTT, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error (hereafter called the defendant) was a real estate operator in St. Louis, of good character and standing. He conceived the idea of building houses for those desiring homes, letting the purchaser select his lot and general plan of his house. The idea consisted of doing this in a wholesale way; employing a staff of competent architects working on a salary instead of a percentage; employing competent builders to supervise...

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