Berman v. Herrick

LUONGO, District Judge.

In January, 1961, Herman Berman, a citizen of Pennsylvania, instituted an action against Herrick and Kamber, citizens of New York. Berman is a general contractor. His claim is that defendants, owners of the Lewis Tower Building, which was then in a state of disrepair, conceived a scheme to effect improvements and modernization of the Lewis Tower Building at the expense of Berman and others who furnished labor and materials. Defendants’ scheme, it is alleged, was to lease the building to a thinly capitalized corporation, LTB Company, under which the latter was required…