JARVIS v. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC.

No. 75-1558.

525 F.2d 1267 (1975)

James L. JARVIS and Johanna W. Jarvis, Appellants, v. MONTGOMERY WARD AND COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Curtis, Ames, Iowa, for appellants.

L. R. Voigts, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before LAY, STEPHENSON and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Dr. and Mrs. Jarvis brought this diversity action seeking damages for the willful and intentional infliction of mental distress by the defendant Montgomery Ward and Company, Inc. (hereinafter Ward) arising from the latter's attempts to enforce collection of a charge account.

The district court, sitting without a jury, entered judgment for the defendant, holding that the plaintiffs had failed to meet their burden of proving that Ward's acts were...

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