Legal Opinion
Warren Terry Yates, and Janet Yates v. Tindall & Son Pontiac
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1976No. 75--1128PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KRAFT, District Judge:
Tindall & Son Pontiac (Tindall) appeals from a judgment, with attorney’s fees, awarded Warren Terry Yates and Janet Yates (Yates) after a non-jury trial. Yates’ action, stemming from their purchase of a used automobile on May 9, 1973, claimed violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 1988 and 1989, 1 as well as common law fraud, by Tindall. The appeal asserts that certain pivotal findings of fact by the court below were erroneous. We reverse.
The vehicle in question, then new, had first been sold by Tindall to one Raul Flores in September, 1972. It was twice damaged and repaired while in…
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