Murray v. Sanders

KENNEDY, Judge.

Plaintiffs in a court-tried case in which defendants did not appear, received judgment for $8,500 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages .for defendants’ alleged fraudulent misrepresentation. The alleged fraudulent misrepresentation was in con nection with the sale of a house by defendants to plaintiffs; defendants had allegedly told plaintiffs there had been no water problems with the house, when it had in fact been flooded. The judgment was entered by the court upon testimony of plaintiffs Mr. and Mrs. Murray on November 8, 1982. The defendants were not present in person…