Success Motivation Institute, Inc. v. Lawlis

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an action for damages alleging fraud inducing plaintiffs to purchase a franchise or distributorship. A judgment-based on a jury verdict was entered for the plaintiffs for their actual damages. *866An issue finding exemplary damages was disregarded by the court on motion of the defendant.

The defendant contends that the trial court submitted an improper measure of damages in that it failed to limit the jury to a consideration of the difference between the price paid for the franchise and its actual value; that the trial court erred in rendering judgment based on the…