Becker v. Pearson

The plaintiff recovered a verdict for wrongful eviction against the defendant Joseph Pearson and was awarded $96 compensatory damages and $4,000 punitive damages. He recovered another verdict for conversion for which he was awarded $290 compensatory damages and $10,000 punitive damages. The defendant appeals from the conversion judgment and the plaintiff appeals from the order of the .trial court setting aside the verdict awarding damages for wrongful eviction.

The defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion, made at the close of • plaintiff’s case, to strike the claim for…