Lutfy v. R. D. Roper & Sons Motor Co.

Appellant, Louis P. Lutfy, filed a complaint against R. D. Roper & Sons Motor Company, a corporation, setting up two causes of action. In the first he sought damages in the sum of $1,000 for the sale to him of a Cord automobile, 1936 model, upon the false representation that it was a 1937 model and, in the second, $500 as punitive damages for its wanton, fraudulent and malicious misrepresentation made for the purpose of defrauding him.

Appellant owned a 1936 automobile which he decided in 1937 to trade in on a Cord sedan. In Phoenix the Cord was handled by appellee and its place of business…