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GATES FACTORY STORE v. COLEMAN

No. 18635.

350 P.2d 559 (1960)

GATES FACTORY STORE, Irvine D. Lovell, d/b/a Inter-State Detective Bureau, and W. G. Bowser, Plaintiff in Error, v. Carl Horace COLEMAN, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 28, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dayton Denious, Omer Griffin, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.

SUTTON, Chief Justice.

The parties here appear in inverse order of their appearance in the trial court. The only question presented is whether the damages awarded by the trial court were excessive. We conclude that they were.

Gates sold four automobile tires to Coleman in April of 1956. On November 4th of that year Gates caused these tires to be "repossessed" by having its agent remove them from Coleman's automobile as it was parked in front of his home. This...

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