General Houses, Inc. v. The Honorable Walter Bruchhausen, Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to direct vacation of an order made by Judge Bruchhausen in an action pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, in which the petitioner is plaintiff. The action is for breach of contract and was commenced in 1950 against Reconstruction Finance Corporation as the primary defendant. 1 In February 1958, when the case was. on the Civil Non-Jury Calendar and about to be reached for trial, the plaintiff moved to add as additional parties defendant, the United States and Franklin G. Floete, as Administrator of General…