Legal Opinion
Funding Systems Leasing Corporation v. Garland B. Pugh, Sr., Individually and D/B/A Georgia Tractor and Equipment Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1976No. 74--3823PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Funding Systems Leasing Corporation commenced this Georgia diversity action for deceit 1 against Gar land B. Pugh, individually and doing business as Georgia Tractor & Equipment Company, to recover damages arising out of the default of E. F. Anderson & Son, Inc., on a logging equipment lease. The district court, sitting without a jury, found for Funding Systems and assessed damages against Pugh. On appeal Pugh challenges (1) two crucial findings by the district court, (2) the failure of the district court to apply Ga. Code Ann. § 105-303, and (3) the…
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