Osborn v. Gene Teague Chevrolet Company

This is an action for damages for claimed fraudulent misrepresentations of the mileage on a used automobile purchased by plaintiff from defendant. Defendant has appealed from a judgment, entered on a verdict favorable to plaintiff, for both actual and punitive damages.

*488There was sufficient evidence to justify the following factual finding by the jury. At the time the automobile was traded in to the defendant its odometer indicated slightly in excess of 100,000 miles. When it was sold a few weeks later to plaintiff the odometer showed approximately 62,000 miles. Defendant made no verbal…