LICHTER v. GOSS

No. 11509.

232 F.2d 715 (1956)

Jacob LICHTER and Jennie L. Lichter, partners doing business as Southern Fireproofing Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William R. GOSS, Helen Goss and Helen Goss Lewis, partners doing business as William R. Goss Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Steer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Wendell J. Brown, Chicago, Ill., MacLeish, Spray, Price & Underwood, Chicago, Ill., Steer, Strauss & Adair, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellants.

Douglas C. Moir, Chicago, Ill., Edward J. Wendrow, Edmund J. Kenny, Chicago, Ill., Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellees.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and MAJOR and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs sued defendants to recover the reasonable value of work which plaintiffs performed under a construction contract entered into with defendants, or, in the alternative, certain additional costs and damages incurred by them over and above the original contract price of $44,000. Defendants filed an answer and a counterclaim. There was a trial by the district court, without a jury, following...

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