Stepovich v. Kupoff

261 F.2d 693 Vuka Radovich STEPOVICH, Executrix of the Estate of Mike Stepovich, Appellant, v. Nick KUPOFF, James Zukoev, Mike Kitoff and Nick Kabak, a partnership doing business under the firm name and style of North Star Mining Company, Appellees. No. 15962. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. December 16, 1958. Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, Alaska, Richard J. Archer, Marshall L. Small, Morrison, Foerster, Holloway, Shuman & Clark, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. Taylor & Taylor, Warren A. Taylor, Fairbanks, Alaska, for appellees. Before HEALY and BONE, Senior Circuit Judges, and POPE, Circuit Judge. HEALY, Senior Circuit Judge. 1 This case has previously been before us under the caption Kupoff v. Stepovich, and our then disposition of it is reported in 184 F.2d at page 705 et seq. The case below had been heard before a jury, and at its close the trial judge had directed a verdict for the defendant Stepovich, as executrix. We reversed and remanded the cause with directions to grant a new trial. 2 On the second trial the jury found a verdict in favor of Kupoff et al. and awarded them damages in the sum of $26,802. The defendant has appealed. 3 The legal and…