Pedah Company v. Hunt

Plaintiff Pedah Company commenced this spit in equity seeking a permanent injunction to restrain defendants from using or publishing under the'name “Valley News.” The complaint also prayed for general and punitive damages. After a trial, the court issued an injunction as prayed for and awarded $500 general damages and $2,500 punitive damages. Defendants appeal.

The first assignment of error states, “The trial court sitting in equity erred in awarding punitive damages.”

We have not passed on the question of whether punitive damages can be recovered in a suit in equity. We. have sanctioned the…