Burns v. Vesto Company

BROADDUS, Judge.

This is an action for damages arising out of the sale of a television set. The petition alleged that plaintiffs bought a television set from defendant Vesto Company and that the latter’s vice-president represented it to be new, when in fact, it was a used set. Plaintiffs recovered a verdict and judgment for $209 actual a.nd $2,500 punitive damages. Defendants have appealed.

The evidence discloses that on March 11, 1953, Paul Yokum, who lived in North Kansas City, purchased an Admiral Combination Television set from the defendant Vesto Company at its place of business in North…