Western Coach Corporation v. Vaughn

MOLLOY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment allowing $1,250 compensatory damages and $750 punitive damages to the owner of a house trailer against the company which the owners contend agreed to haul the trailer from Parker to Phoenix, Arizona.

The questions raised on appeal are whether the plaintiffs proved a contract of hauling with the defendant, Western Coach Corporation, whether the compensatory damages are excessive, and whether there is any basis for the punitive damages.

The facts giving rise to this action, construing the evidence favorably to support the judgment, are, in very…