Jones v. Canon

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is an appeal of a civil suit for assault and battery. The trial j udge, sitting as a j ury, found that Frederick Thomas Jones, the appellant, committed an assault and battery on Raymond Canon and awarded Canon $525.00 compensatory and $1,000.00 punitive damages. We affirm the judgment.

Jones bought a used van from T. W. Davis at Cash Auto Sales in Jacksonville for $1,000.00. T.W. and Evelyn Davis owned the business. Canon shared space and expenses but had his own cars to sell. A month later, Jones returned, unhappy with the deal he had made. Jones asked Davis to…