Legal Opinion
Wright v. Everett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1956No. Record 4442PublishedCited by 83 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, C. J.
Harris W. Everett and Patricia A. Everett, his wife, instituted this action against W. B. Wright, a real estate broker, claiming compensatory and punitive damages for his failure to exercise proper care in the management of their furnished home which they had authorized him to lease. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $325.17, compensatory damages, and $3,000.00, punitive damages, upon which the trial court entered judgment. This writ of error was awarded W. B. Wright, the defendant, to review that judgment.
The decisive question presented is whether the evidence is…
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