Burman v. Lenkin Const. Co.

Appellant Louis Burman, who was plaintiff below, brought this action for himself and for his wholly owned corporation, Oxon Park Housing Corporation, against Lenkin Construction Company and others for damages for breach of contract and for the recovery of $1,500 paid by him in compromise of the differences between the parties, but which he claims was paid under duress and coercion. The court below entered summary judgment for the defendants (appellees).

The controversy grows out of a contract made in October, 1942, in which Burman agreed with Lenkin Company to employ the latter in the…