Parker v. Green

CROSS, Judge.

Plaintiff Homer W. Parker sues defendant Jerry Green for actual and punitive damages. The claim arises from alleged fraud attributed to defendant in the sale of a used automobile. Defendant appeals from a jury verdict and judgment awarding plaintiff $235 actual and $1,000 punitive damages.

The allegations of the petition, generally denied by answer, import that plaintiff proposed to purchase of defendant a 1953 Packard “Series 400” automobile; that defendant, (through servants, agents and employees), offering to sell plaintiff a certain used automobile, falsely and fraudulently…