Schrader v. Summerville

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying her petition to quash the execution levied upon her interest in realty. We reverse.

Plaintiff filed a petition in conversion and trespass to chattels alleging defendant had wrongfully appropriated his farm truck and grain box. Defendant was served with process while an inmate in a Missouri state correctional facility. No responsive pleading was filed. Plaintiff dismissed the conversion count without prejudice. The court entered a default judgment in the amount of $8,439 actual and $15,000 punitive damages on the trespass…