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MIDWEST SUPPLY, INC. v. WATERS

No. 6772.

510 P.2d 876 (1973)

MIDWEST SUPPLY, INC., doing business as H & R Block Company, and H & R Block Company, a Nevada corporation, Appellants, v. Patrick H. WATERS et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon, and Frederic R. Starich, Reno, for appellants.

Seymour H. Patt, Reno, for respondents.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice:

In this action for damages allegedly caused by false and fraudulent representations of tax expertise, the jury favored respondents with a verdict for compensatory and punitive damages. On appeal, appellants contend (1) that there was no evidence to justify a jury instruction relating to fraud; (2) that the verdict for punitive damages improperly exceeded the amount claimed in the prayer of respondents' original complaint; and...

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