Transportation Equipment Rentals, Inc. v. Mauk

This is ian action on a contract providing for the purchase by plaintiff of trucks owned by the defendant, the leasing of trucks to defendant, and the repurchase by defendant, on termination of the leasing contract, of the trucks which defendant had sold to the plaintiff. Among other matters, defendant pleaded fraud attendant upon the execution of the contract. On trial, a verdict was rendered for defendant and, subsequently, plaintiff’s motion for a new trial-was sustained. We affirm the order granting a new trial.

Plaintiff is. engaged in the business of leasing trucks and trucking…