Southwestern Investment Company v. Alvarez

POPE, Justice.

Juan Alvarez filed suit against Southwestern Investment Company, hereafter called S. I. C., for the conversion of his 1962 Ford. The trial court rendered judgment on a verdict in favor of Alvarez for $1,500.00 actual damages and $5,000.00 exemplary damages. The court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment upon condition that Alvarez file a remittitur in the sum of $2,500.00 exemplary damages. 442 S.W.2d 862. We modify the judgments of. the courts below and affirm the judgment for Alvarez in the sum of $1,500.00 actual damages.

S. I. C. is before this court with a number of points…