Legal Opinion
Putnam Resources v. Ronald M. Pateman, Ronald M. Pateman v. Frenkel & Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 20, 1992No. 91-1307, 91-1308PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
When Virgil, some twenty centuries ago, wrote in The Aeneid of mankind’s “accurst craving for gold,” he accurately anticipated the timeless appetite undergirding the twin appeals which confront us today. The tarnished tale follows.
I. BACKGROUND
We limn the contours of the case as reflected in the trial record, resolving occasional conflicts in a manner consistent with the jury’s recension of the evidence.
Putnam Resources, Ltd. (Putnam), a Connecticut limited partnership dealing in precious metals, was a vendor to Sammartino, Inc. (SI), a Rhode Island corporation. Under a…
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