DEARMAN v. Williams

The appellee, L. R. Williams, sued the appellants, Eugene D. Dearman and the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, in the Circuit Court of Clarke County, Mississippi, for both actual and punitive damages on account of the alleged trespass on his premises in front of his residence when the said Dearman, acting’ for and on behalf of the corporate defendant, took possession of one Chevrolet automobile on September 6,1956 in the absence of the appellee, under the terms and conditions of a written Conditional Sales Contract, which the appellee had executed July 6,1956 in favor of Reliable…