FRANCISCO v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 18309.

363 F.2d 1019 (1966)

Clay FRANCISCO, Appellant, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

August 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Reed O. Gentry, of Rogers, Field & Gentry, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee; Morris H. Kross, of Rogers, Field & Gentry, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief.

Before VOGEL, Chief Judge, MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge, and McMANUS, District Judge.


VOGEL, Chief Judge.

Clay Francisco, plaintiff-appellant, brought this action against the defendant-appellee, The Travelers Insurance Company, seeking $500,000 in compensatory damages and $2,500,000 in punitive damages because of appellee's alleged wrongdoing in "purloining" appellant's insurance agency. At the close of plaintiff's case the District Court, following applicable Missouri law and sitting without a jury, sustained appellee's motion for judgment and entered...

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