BOSTIC v. AMOCO OIL CO.

Nos. 76-1265, 76-1266.

553 F.2d 329 (1977)

Joseph M. BOSTIC, Appellee, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, Appellee, v. Roy D. BOWIE and Lois P. Bowie, Appellees, and Sun Oil Company of Pennsylvania, a corporation, Appellant. Joseph M. BOSTIC, Appellant, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, Appellee, v. Roy D. BOWIE et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amos A. Bolen, Lewisburg, W. Va., for Joseph M. Bostic.

Edward W. Eardley, Charleston, W. Va. (Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for Sun Oil Co.

W. H. File, Jr., Beckley, W. Va., (File, Payne, Scherer & Brown, Beckley, W. Va., on brief), for Amoco Oil Co.

Louis George, Huntington, W. Va., for Roy D. and Lois Bowie.

Before BRYAN and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judges, and WINTER, Circuit Judge.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an action by Joseph M. Bostic to recover damages of the American Oil Company for alleged constructive fraud in not conveying to him a lot of land in Greenbrier County, West Virginia according to the agreement of sale between them but, instead, deeding to him a lot adjoining the lot upon which Bostic had built as contemplated in his purchase. With a jury waived, the District Court...

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