MBI MOTOR COMPANY, INC. v. LOTUS/EAST, INC.

No. 74-1234.

506 F.2d 709 (1974)

MBI MOTOR COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOTUS/EAST, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and Dutchess Auto Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold B. Stone, Stone & Bozeman, Knoxville, Tenn., Lea, Goldberg & Goldsmith, Lola S. Lea, New York City, for appellant.

Allen B. Johnson, Wallace F. Burroughs, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, MILLER, Circuit Judge, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

In this diversity case, MBI Motor Company, Inc., filed suit against Lotus/East, Inc., in connection with five automobiles it purchased at wholesale from that defendant. After a trial to the court sitting without a jury, the District Judge entered judgment in favor of MBI and against Lotus/East based on a theory of liability not mentioned in the complaint or in the pretrial order. Lotus/East appeals...

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