GEORGE COHEN SONS & COMPANY v. KOCH

No. 6718.

376 F.2d 629 (1967)

GEORGE COHEN SONS & COMPANY, Ltd., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Daniel KOCH, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Newsom, Jr., San Juan, P. R., with whom Enrique Cordova Diaz and Brown, Newsom & Cordova, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for appellant.

Robert H. Ruskin, with whom Parke, Graves, Rodriguez-Maduro, Santurce, P. R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, MARRIS and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges damages awarded the owner of a crane which was attached by mistake.

It would be difficult to imagine a series of events more permeated by miscalculation on the part of all concerned than those presented here. Appellant (Cohen) held a mortgage on several items of construction equipment to secure an obligation from one Goldman. Cohen brought suit against Goldman and others in May 1962, ordering the attachment of...

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