Legal Opinion
Walton v. Anderson
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 27, 1970No. Civ. 12048PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PIERCE, P. J.
Defendants, participants in an unauthorized sale of corporation stock to plaintiff, appeal from the judgment entered against them in a court-tried case awarding plaintiff compensatory damages ($40,500), as well as assessing punitive damages ($5,000, $1,000 respectively) against defendants Anderson and Wood.
Defendants Anderson and Wood submit two contentions on appeal: (1) That the evidence was insufficient to support the award of compensatory damages in that it showed without conflict that defendants acted in good faith and upon reasonable investigation when they accepted…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ward v. TaggartCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1967
- Green Trees Enterprises, Inc. v. Palm Springs Alpine Estates, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1967
- Mary Pickford Co. v. Bayly Bros., Inc.California Supreme Court · 1939
- Wolfsen v. HathawayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Baxter v. Royal Indemnity CompanyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- Bowden v. RobinsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- Richardson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1972
- Frazier v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985
- Rosener v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.California Court of Appeal · 1980
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