Norton Refrigerated Express, Inc. v. Ritter Bros. Co., Inc.

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to recover compensatory and exemplary damages for the alleged conversion of a truckload shipment of citrus fruit — a common law trover action. Plaintiffs below and appellees here, Ritter Brothers Co., Inc., A. M. Gilardi & Sons, Inc. and W. R. Hackett Fruit Company, recovered judgment for $4,492.13 actual and $3,500.00 exemplary damages, together with costs, etc., in the trial court. The defendants below and appellants here, Norton Refrigerated Express, Inc. and Ray Norton, have perfected an appeal. Judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

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