Vance v. Maytag Sales Corp.

The plaintiff in error instituted his action at law against the defendants in error, for fraud and deceit, a pure tort. After the evidence had been introduced, a demurrer to the evidence was interposed by the defendants in error. Later the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in error for $2,820.00, subject to the ruling of the court on the demurrer to the evidence. The court sustained the demurrer and entered judgment for the defendants in error.

Vance, the plaintiff in error, who was a resident of the city of Bristol, Tennessee, was issued what is denominated in the record as a…