Legal Opinion
Virginia M. Edgar v. Fred Jones Lincoln-Mercury of Oklahoma City, Inc. And Fred Jones, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1975No. 74-1857PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity action in which the plaintiff sought the sum of $1,000 actual damages and $40,000 punitive damages from the two corporate defendants, Fred Jones Lincoln-Mercury of Oklahoma City, Inc., and Fred Jones, Inc., subsidiary and parent, respectively. The action was filed following the purchase by plaintiff of a used automobile from Fred Jones Lincoln-Mercury. It had been stipulated that the odometer had been turned back. At the time of purchase it read 30,137 miles. A true reading was 58,702 miles.
The lawsuit was based on common law fraud. The…
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- Kurn v. RadencicSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
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