Chester v. McDaniel

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages for fraud perpetrated by defendants in the sale to plaintiffs of one-half the shares of stock in a grocery store owned by defendants. The jury awarded plaintiffs $15,000 compensatory damages and $30,000 punitive damages. The court awarded plaintiffs an addi tional $6,500 as attorneys’ fees. Defendants appeal. We affirm.

We are concerned with the facts only as a background. The defendants are husband and wife. Their grocery store was incorporated as Shop-Bite Market, Inc., and all of the shares of stock were held by the wife. The land was owned…