Legal Opinion
Causey v. Blanton
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided March 19, 1984No. 0132PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Goolsby, Judge:
The respondent Matha Lee Blanton Causey brought a conversion action against her brother, the appellant Jack Blanton. A jury returned a verdict in her favor in the amount of $2,800 actual damages. Mr. Blanton appeals. We affirm.
The issues on appeal relate to the sufficiency of the evidence as to conversion and the failure of the trial court to grant a new trial based on the amount of the verdict.
According to the complaint, the parties’ father died testate on April 28, 1976. Item IV of his will directed that all his property be held in trust by Mrs. Causey for the purpose of…
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