Holmes

In the second amendment to the complaint, plaintiff-appellant Clarence L. Holmes alleged that defendants Maceo Corporation, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as Maceo), National Award Homes of California, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as National), and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, a national trust and savings association (hereinafter referred to as Bank) were liable in damages to him; that National and Maceo were engaged in the business of developing, building and selling a tract of housing accommodations known as National Award Homes in San Diego County; that at all times herein mentioned, each of the defendants was the agent and employer of each of the remaining defendants and was at all times acting within the scope and purpose of said agency and employment; that Bank was engaged in the business of banking, which includes making loans under the state and national laws to qualified persons for the purchase of homes and for other purposes; that said Bank was chartered under federal and state laws of the State of California and the United States of America, and that under the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration,…