Edwards v. Smith

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Action by plaintiffs, John T. and Mary Jane Edwards, husband and wife, for $25,-000 actual and $25,000 punitive damages for* the alleged wrongful foreclosure of a deed of trust. Plaintiffs were the mortgagors, defendants Robert Smith III and Anna E., his wife, the mortgagees, and defendant S. L. Sommers, the trustee. At the close of all of the evidence the plaintiffs filed a motion for a directed verdict on the issue of liability which was overruled, and the defendants also filed motions seeking a directed verdict in their favor which were likewise overuled. Thereafter,…