LAWRENCE v. MUTER CO.

Nos. 9484, 9485.

171 F.2d 380 (1948)

LAWRENCE v. MUTER CO. et al. (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. La Mont and John J. Kennelly, both of Chicago, Ill. (Nash, Ahern & McNally, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for Lawrence.

Thomas Dodd Healy, Thomas G. Vent, Thomas G. Vent, Jr., and Vent & Vent, all of Chicago, Ill., for Muter Co., an Illinois corporation, and Leslie F. Muter, defendants-appellants and cross-appellees.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and KERNER and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a citizen of Michigan, filed this action in equity against the defendants, Muter, a citizen of Illinois, and the Muter Company, an Illinois corporation, for breach of fiduciary relationship and fraud. From a judgment of $128,438.33 in favor of the plaintiff, the defendants have brought this appeal.

This litigation culminates a series of dealings between the parties commencing in April 1938. The undisputed evidence and...

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