Dortch v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “burden of proof is on the seller to prove damages as a result of the use”
• permitting recovery of purchase price even when DMV had issued clean title to rebuilt vehicle
• court has broad discretion to award setoff under general equitable principles
• buyer had no duty to investigate whether used car was molded from two damaged cars, as such fraud is rare in Vermont and buyer had “no reason to believe [the seller] would sell him” such a vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).