Wilson v. Brooks

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Essex C. Brooks against Nolan E. Wilson, seeking to recover actual damages in the sum of $873.36, and $1,000 exemplary damages. The trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury, and resulted in judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendant in the sum of $873.36 actual damages and $350 exemplary damages, from which judgment Nolan E. Wilson has appealed.

The appellee, Brooks, offered evidence at the trial that he purchased a Chevrolet automobile from Wilson, for which he agreed to pay the sum of $500 cash, and thereafter…