COMMONWEALTH v. COLONIAL MOTOR SALES, INC.


11 Mass. App. Ct. 800 (1981)

420 N.E.2d 20

COMMONWEALTH vs. COLONIAL MOTOR SALES, INC. & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merwyn J. Burstein for the defendants.

John T. Montgomery, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., GREANEY, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

State2 and Federal3 statutes establish civil liability for tampering with the odometer of a car. Upon the Commonwealth's motion for summary judgment, Colonial Motor Sales, Inc. (Colonial), and its principal officer, Bruce Milton, were held liable for setting back, or dispensing false information about, the mileage readings on nineteen cars sold by...

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