Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Wright
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 29, 1945No. Civ. 12701PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, P. J.
Plaintiff, Emma Foy Taylor, brought this action against Marie A. Wright and Allen J. Wright, mother and son, and others, to recover damages for fraud alleged to have been committed by defendants in buying 3,750 shares of stock owned by her in the Commonwealth Acceptance Corporation at less than its actual value. The jury returned a verdict for compensatory damages in the sum of $4,250, exemplary damages in the sum of $500, and interest in the sum of $1,912.50. From the judgment based on these verdicts the Wrights appeal.
This ease has been tried twice. In the first trial plaintiff obtained a…
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