Crawford v. SMITH BROTHERS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

274 So.2d 675 (1973)

W.M. CRAWFORD

v.

SMITH BROTHERS LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

No. 46951.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 12, 1973.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1973.

Charles A. Ray, Jr., Hazlehurst, for appellant.

Owen Roberts, Brookhaven, for appellee.

SUGG, Justice:

Appellee sued appellant for fraud and deceit seeking actual damages in the amount of $1,748.65 and punitive damages in the amount of $5,000, alleging that appellant furnished appellee a false and inaccurate timber prospectus with the fraudulent intent to deceive plaintiff and obtain a bid on timber described in the prospectus in excess of the…