Young v. Mercantile Trust Co. Nat. Ass'n

McMILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal whereby plaintiff, in a conversion action, sought actual and punitive damages against defendant bank for its appropriation of $10.00 which plaintiff had on deposit with the bank. The trial court directed a verdict for defendant on the issue of punitive damages. A jury awarded $1500.00 to plaintiff as actual damages. Defendant contends that the $1500.00 award was unsupported by probative evidence and that damages as a matter of law are limited to the $10.00 appropriated. Plaintiff alleges trial court error in refusing to submit the issue of punitive…