Legal Opinion
Holcomb v. Hoffschneider
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 15, 1980No. 63753PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal involves a claim of fraudulent misrepresentations by a realtor regarding the number of acres in irregularly shaped real estate it sold, and an issue of punitive damages. A jury awarded the purchasers $6000 actual damages. The realtor appealed and the purchasers cross appealed.
The realtor contends in this appeal that the purchasers did not rely on any representations as to the size of the property and that because the purchasers knew the actual boundaries of the property they bought, they did not sustain damages.
The purchasers cross appeal from the trial court’s…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Bankers Life & Casualty Company v. C. M. Kirtley, Trustee in Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of Automatic Washer CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Clark v. HaggardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
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3Cited by30 opinions
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