McGough v. Gabus

LARSON, Justice.

The defendants appeal, and the plaintiffs cross-appeal, from judgments in this fraud suit arising out of the sale of a vending machine business. We affirm in part and reverse in part on the appeal, reverse on the cross-appeal, and remand.

The defendants, Charles Gabus, Gene Ga-bus, and Charles Gabus Ford, Inc. are involved in the retail automobile business in Des Moines. (In most instances, we will collectively refer to the defendants as Ga-bus.)

A former employee, who had embezzled a substantial amount of money from Gabus, proposed that he partially reimburse the loss by…