Olympic Land Co., Inc. v. Smithart

STEVENS, Chief Judge.

James W. Smithart filed his action against Olympic Land Co., Inc., a corporation, and several individuals. Some of the individual defendants were corporate officers and stockholders of Olympic. The individual defendants who were not officially connected with Olympic were successful in their efforts and were eliminated from the action prior to the time that the case was submitted to the jury. No appeal was taken in relation to this success. Four forms of verdict were rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Each verdict was identical in the matter of the damages awarded by the…