Legal Opinion
Security Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. DeWitt
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 19, 1976No. 8599PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBINSON, Justice.
This is a suit to recover the value of personal property owned by plaintiff Frances L. DeWitt and allegedly converted by the defendant, Security Federal Savings & Loan Association, when it removed Mrs. DeWitt’s property from a house on which it was foreclosing. Trial was to a jury which returned a verdict in favor of Mrs. DeWitt and against Security Federal in the amount of $1,500 actual damages and $1,000 exemplary damages. Defendant, Security Federal, appeals from a judgment on the verdict. Judgment is modified to eliminate exemplary damages and, as modified, affirmed.
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