Baird v. Aluminum Seal Co.

WILLSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff and Aluminum Seal Company entered into an agreement for the erection of a housing project in Richmond, Indiana. The contract and all rights thereunder were thereafter assigned to defendant. In connection with the transaction an escrow agreement was entered into and certain judgment notes were a part thereof. Plaintiff alleges in his complaint that the defendant wrongfully acquired possession of the judgment notes and that on March 22, 1949 the Aluminum Seal Co., Inc., through its duly authorized agents, “wilfully, wantonly, wrongfully, maliciously and without…