J. Truett Payne Company v. Jackson

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action for fraud and deceit in the sale of an automobile. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $20,000. Defendant filed a motion for new trial which was overruled. This appeal followed.

The case arose out of the following facts:

In June, 1964, appellee Jackson purchased a 1964 Oldsmobile from J. Truett Payne Company, Inc. Mr. Jackson paid the “new-car sticker” price of $4,980 for the automobile, trading his old 1960 Oldsmobile and financing a balance of…