Legal Opinion
Walker v. Sheldon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 7, 1961PublishedCited by 506 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
This appeal, here by permission of the Appellate Division on a certified question, calls upon us to decide whether punitive damages may be allowed in a fraud and deceit action.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was induced to enter into a contract with the defendant Comet Press and pay it $1,380 by means of a number of false and fraudulent representations made by the individual defendants who are officers of Comet. The representations, as well as the respects in which they are false, are set forth at some length. The complaint also alleges that the misrepresentations were made ‘ ‘ in…
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