DICHMANN, WRIGHT & PUGH v. WEADE

No. 5696.

168 F.2d 914 (1948)

DICHMANN, WRIGHT & PUGH, Inc. v. WEADE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

May 13, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va. (R. M. Hughes, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Walter E. Hoffman, of Norfolk, Va. (Breeden & Hoffman, of Norfolk, Va., Michael F. Keogh, of Washington, D. C., and Edw. L. Breeden, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Frank Staley and Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for the United States, as amicus curiae.

Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

In civil actions before a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia verdicts were returned and judgments entered in favor of the plaintiffs (appellees herein). Lillian Weade recovered judgment for $50,000; Frederick Weade (her husband) for $1,000, and Roberta Stinemeyer for $5,000. The defendant, Dichmann, Wright & Pugh (hereinafter called Dichmann) has appealed to us.

On August 4, 1945, Mrs. Weade...

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