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AMERICAN OPTICAL CO. v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO.

Civ. A. No. 28518.

228 F.Supp. 293 (1964)

AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 1, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Beechwood, John Lovitt, Beechwood & Lovitt, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

J. B. H. Carter, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia Elec. Co.

Louis J. Goffman and Alan J. Davis, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for A. M. Greenfield & Co.

Charles Lowenthal, Philadelphia, Pa., for Vincent D'Attilio.

Melvin Alan Bank and Albert Ring, Philadelphia, Pa., for Chestnut Corp. and Wm. Kriger.

William C. Schultz, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for Chestnut Corp.

GRIM, District Judge.

On December 28, 1956 a fire occurred in a building located at 801-809 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. On September 2, 1960 a tenant in the damaged building sued among others, (1) Chestnut Corporation, the record owner of the building at the time of the fire, (2) the corporation's president and (3) the building rental agent, alleging their joint and several liability for the property damage sustained by the tenant in the fire. Diversity of citizenship...

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