Culp v. Bloss

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

This was an action to recover damages alleged to have resulted from false and fraudulent representations by the defendant, Stan Bloss, in the sale to the plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Culp, of three vending machines and location rights therefor. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for actual and punitive damages. After various posttrial motions were overruled and the district court entered judgment pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.

Although the evidence was sharply conflicting in many respects,, that tending to…