Cities Service Oil Co. v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
357 So.2d 333 (1978)
CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY, a corporation
v.
Thomas F. GRIFFIN.
SC 2505.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
April 7, 1978.
John H. Morrow, Birmingham, Barry N. McCrary, Talladega, for appellant.
Robert S. Vance and James N. Brown, III, Birmingham, for appellee.
BEATTY, Justice.
This is an appeal by Cities Service Oil Company (Citgo) from a judgment entered against it based upon a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, Griffin, $70,000.00 damages. We affirm.
The plaintiff filed this action obviously intending to charge Citgo with legal fraud as it is defined under Tit. 7, § 108, Alabama Code…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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