HENRY A. KNOTT CO. v. CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TEL. CO.

No. 84-1770.

772 F.2d 78 (1985)

HENRY A. KNOTT COMPANY, DIVISION OF KNOTT INDUSTRIES, INC., a Maryland corporation, Appellant, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA, A West Virginia corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Yeager, Christopher P. Bastien, Charleston, W.Va. (Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W.Va., on brief), for appellant.

Charles Woody, Charleston, W.Va. (Carl L. Fletcher, Jr., Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer, Charleston, W.Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, PHILLIPS, and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.


SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge:

Henry A. Knott Company, a Maryland corporation, filed a contract action against the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia (C & P) for an alleged breach of an agreement for the construction of a four-story penthouse addition to a telephone building located in downtown Charleston, West Virginia. Knott claimed damages in the amount of $500,000 and invoked the district court's jurisdiction on the basis of diversity. C &...

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