Ross v. Smith

Banke, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Mary Smith brought this action to recover damages for fraud involving a transaction in which she traded her house for one owned by defendant Annie Ross. Also named as defendants were Annie Ross’ husband, Clarence White, and the Jefferson Company, a realty firm with which Clarence White had been affiliated as a real estate agent. In this appeal, which follows a jury verdict against them for $26,273 in actual and punitive damages and attorney fees, Annie and Clarence White contend, among other things, that the trial court erred in denying their motion for a directed…