Eagle Indemnity Co. v. Gill

PLATT, District Judge.

The Eagle Indemnity Company, a corporation, has brought an action in fraud and deceit against defendants A. B. Gill, Louis Fieber, L. R. Medoff, and W. J. Howe. It was stipulated at the pretrial conference that the court should hear evidence on the liability of the defendants and determine that question before hearing evidence on damages.

The essential facts disclosed by the evidence are as follows: The City of Gray-ville was contempating building a disposal plant, sewers, and making other municipal *937improvements early in 1946. John W. Hoop and W. J. Howe lived in the…