Jones v. Cooper

Moss, Justice.

This action was brought by G. Charlie Jones, the respondent herein, against John S. Cooper, doing business as Dixie Provision Company, appellant herein, to recover actual and punitive damages on account of alleged fraud and deceit arising out of a contract entered into between the respondent and appellant.

The complaint alleges that the respondent is a citizen of High Point, North Carolina, and that in the month of October, 1957, an advertisement by the appellant appeared in a newspaper published in said City of High Point, which read as follows:

“Supervisor: Man or woman earn…