PRINGLE TAX SERVICE, INC. v. KNOBLAUCH

No. 62792.

282 N.W.2d 151 (1979)

PRINGLE TAX SERVICE, INC., an Iowa Corporation, d/b/a Carroll Copy Center, Appellee, v. Charles E. KNOBLAUCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Knoploh, of Kersten, Opheim, Carlson, Estes & Trevino, Fort Dodge, for appellant.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, McCORMICK and McGIVERIN, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether exemplary damages may be awarded when actual damages have been sustained but not computed or awarded. The trial court held they may be, and we affirm.

Plaintiff Pringle Tax Service, Inc., bought Carroll Copy Center, a printing and duplicating business in Carroll, from defendant Charles E. Knoblauch in May 1976. The sale agreement included a covenant not to compete in which defendant promised not to own, operate...

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