Manekas v. Allied Discount Co.

A jury has awarded plaintiff the sum of $1,700, representing the value of an automobile improperly seized by the defendant pursuant to a conditional sales contract executed by one of plaintiff’s predecessors in title, and has also awarded plaintiff the sum of $3,000 for exemplary damages as a result of the wrongful seizure and detention of the car. No objection has been made by defendant with respect to the jury’s verdict on the first cause of action. The defendant, however, has moved to set aside the verdict for punitive damages on the ground of excessiveness, and that the verdict is against…