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SEABOARD SURETY CO. v. PERMACRETE CONSTRUCTION CORP.

Nos. 11398, 11436.

221 F.2d 366 (1955)

SEABOARD SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. PERMACRETE CONSTRUCTION CORP.; James A. Gannon, George B. Gay, George H. Weinrott, Thomas B. Smith Company, Davis P. Smith. SEABOARD SURETY COMPANY, a corporation, v. PERMACRETE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, James A. Gannon, George B. Gay, George H. Weinrott, Thomas B. Smith Company, Davis P. Smith, Thomas B. Smith Company and Davis P. Smith, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1955.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Norman Ball, Philadelphia, Pa. (Morris L. Weisberg, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Thomas P. Smith Co. and another.

Daniel Mungall, Philadelphia, Pa. (Seth W. Watson, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Seaboard Surety Co.

Thomas E. Comber, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Francis E. Shields, Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for George B. Gay.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied in No. 11436 April 14, 1955.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for damages for an alleged fraud perpetrated upon the plaintiff surety company by what the plaintiff claims is the whole group of defendants who are joined in this action. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $40,000 which is considerably less than the amount claimed. The trial judge refused to interfere with the verdict except in the case of one defendant whose...

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