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SPLITT v. DELTONA CORP.

No. 80-5209.

662 F.2d 1142 (1981)

Robert SPLITT and Virginia Splitt, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DELTONA CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

December 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peeples, Earl, Smith, Moore & Blank, Richard M. Goldstein, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., William O. Boyd, Mount Dora, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., HENDERSON and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs (Splitts) claimed breach of a land sale contract and fraud in district court. Defendant (Deltona) alleged that intervening environmental legislation had made performance impossible. The jury found a breach of contract but rejected the plaintiffs' claim for fraud and the defendant's affirmative defense and awarded $36,000 plus interest in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages. On a motion for a judgment...

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