Sparks v. Rudy Fick, Inc.

SPERRY, Commissioner.

Plaintiff Sparks sued defendant, who was engaged in merchandising automobiles, for actual and punitive damages growing out of the purchase by plaintiff from defendant of a 1955 Ford passenger automobile. Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for actual damages in the amount of $230, and for punitive damages in the amount of $3,-500. Defendant appeals.

Defendant offered no evidence, so the facts developed herein are not in dispute.

On Saturday, December 18, 1954, plaintiff was the owner of a 1954 Ford automobile which had been damaged in a collision. He testified to the…