Finn

These appeals are from á judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in a civil action wherein the United States was plaintiff, and George C. Finn, Charles C. Finn, Peter A. Bancroft, Vineland Elementary School District of Kern County,' hereafter called Vineland, and International Airports, Inc., hereafter called International, were defendants.

The action was commenced on July 3,-1952. An amended complaint was filed on September 16, 1952. The amended complaint alleged, in substance, that on-June 25,1946, and at all times thereafter, plaintiff was the owner and entitled to possession of a C-46A Curtiss-Commando airplane bearing United States Army serial number 42-3645; that on June'25, 1946, plaintiff and Vineland entered into a written agreement a copy of which was attached to the amended complaint; that on July 25, 1946, plaintiff transferred possession of the airplane to Vineland, subject to the agreement; that on February 28, 1951, in violation of the agreement, Vineland, acting by and through Bancroft, 2 purportedly sold the airplane to the Finns (George C. Finn and Charles C. Finn); that Bancroft and the Finns induced the violation;…