Case Name: Bob GOTTSCH, Appellant, v. Charlie WALKER, Wayne Walker, James Boland and Fred Williams, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-10-26
Citations: 376 So. 2d 879
Docket Number: No. MM-294
Parties: Bob GOTTSCH, Appellant, v. Charlie WALKER, Wayne Walker, James Boland and Fred Williams, Appellees.
Judges: ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Acting C. J., and SHIVERS and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 376
Pages: 879–880

Head Matter:
Bob GOTTSCH, Appellant, v. Charlie WALKER, Wayne Walker, James Boland and Fred Williams, Appellees.
No. MM-294.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 26, 1979.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 3, 1979.
Cynthia S. Tunnicliff, of Spector & Tun-nieliff, P. A., Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert L. Hinkle and James Elliott Mes-ser, of Thompson, Wadsworth, Messer & Rhodes, Tallahassee, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
From the evidence the jury could legitimately have inferred that appellant Gottsch caused his agent McCall to submit a bid for appellees' cattle, resulting in a sale and shipment of the cattle, although Gottsch then intended not to pay for the cattle as agreed, and intended rather to resist full payment on spurious grounds. Under instructions from the court which are not here challenged, the jury could therefore have found that Gottsch's bid misrepresented his intention at the time of sale and that appellees were entitled to compensatory and punitive damages. E. g., Home Seekers' Realty Co. v. Menear, 102 Fla. 107, 135 So. 402 (1932). Appellant's other point is also without merit.
AFFIRMED.
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Acting C. J., and SHIVERS and SHAW, JJ., concur.