Edmunds v. Sanders

OPINION

RICHARD BARAJAS, Chief Justice.

We withdraw our opinion and judgment of March 18, 1999, overrule Appellee’s and Appellants’ Motion for Rehearing as moot, and substitute the following opinion. This is an appeal from a jury finding that the Appellants converted a business, converted property which Appellee had contributed to the business, and tortiously interfered with Appellee’s prospective contracts with customers. The jury awarded Appellee both actual and punitive damages.

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

Anthony Hilary Foster (“Foster”) performed tool-and-die work in Mississippi. He had been…