DURHAM v. NEW AMSTERDAM CAS. CO.

No. 6640.

208 F.2d 342 (1953)

DURHAM et al. v. NEW AMSTERDAM CAS. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McC. G. Finnigan, Richmond, Va. (R. Houston Brett, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants.

G. Kenneth Miller, Richmond, Va. (John G. May, Jr., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and WILKIN, District Judge.


WILKIN, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The appeal also questions certain rulings of the District Court on the pleadings. The order dismissing the case, however, is the controlling and all-absorbing issue.

In July, 1951 the appellants instituted this action in the District Court alleging fraud and deceit against the appellee, and that, as a result of such fraud and deceit, the plaintiffs had been deprived...

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