TIETJENS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 52555.

418 S.W.2d 75 (1967)

William T. TIETJENS, Respondent, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, and Marvelle C. Carter, Administratrix of the Estate of Bennett C. Carter, Deceased, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied September 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris H. Kross, James W. Benjamin, Rogers, Field & Gentry, Kansas City, for respondent.

John Murphy, Lucian Lane, Clark A. Ridpath, Tucker, Murphy, Wilson, Lane & Kelly, Kansas City, for appellants.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied September 11, 1967.

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Action for damages for fraud resulting in verdict and judgment for plaintiff against both defendants for $15,000 actual damages and against defendant General Motors Corporation for $5,000 punitive damages, a total judgment of $20,000.

In the summer of 1958 plaintiff, William T. Tietjens, in association with his son Terry, was farming and raising cattle...

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