Ballard v. Turner

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This is an action in four counts charging fraud, deceit, and malicious prosecution. From a verdict for the plaintiff Turner the defendants appeal. The evidence, construed in favor of the verdict, is briefly that Turner was in the business of selling cars and had previously sold automobiles to defendant Burnham; that Burnham traded for a 1974 Mark IV by returning a 1972 Mark IV he had previously purchased and agreeing to pay off the remaining loan on it and to borrow the balance cash from the bank after an initial $1,000 down payment. Turner was to hold the title…