BOB WILSON, INC. v. SWANN

No. 2639.

168 A.2d 198 (1961)

BOB WILSON, INC., Appellant, v. Thomas A. SWANN, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard T. Levin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leon Shampain, Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas B. Lawrence, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


QUINN, Associate Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict assessing against appellant, a used car dealer, $613.20 compensatory and $2,000 punitive damages for the fraudulent sale of a used car to appellee.

On October 10, 1959, appellee orally agreed to purchase a 1957 Ford from appellant. The parties did not then execute a written contract but Swann gave a cash deposit and left his old car as a trade-in. Two days later, accompanied by...

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