Legal Opinion
Spanos Painting Contractors, Inc. v. Union Building & Construction Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 1964No. 425, Docket 28705PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
This appeal, brought in a diversity action by Spanos Painting Contractors* *458Inc., from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York which dismissed its complaint after a trial without a jury, raises four claims: (1) that there was insufficient evidence to support Judge Bonsai’s finding of fact that Spanos’ attorney had authority to execute two releases to the appellee, Union Building & Construction Corp.; (2) that the releases contravened the public policy underlying § 137 of the New York State Finance Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c.…
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- Spanos Painting Contractors, Inc. v. Union Building & Construction Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964