Luke v. Mercantile Acceptance Corp.

A jury trial in this action for damages for conversion of an automobile resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $580.82 compensatory damages, and $2,500 exemplary and punitive damages. Defendants appeal from the judgment entered against them for these amounts. They assert that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and judgment and that the court erred in the admission and exclusion of evidence and in its instructions to the jury.

On September 2, 1949, defendants, who were engaged in the business of selling used ears, sold a used 1949 Ford automobile to one Diego…