Clayton Homes of Decatur v. Smith

ALMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a cross-claim filed by Monty Smith against Clayton Homes of Decatur, a division of Clayton Homes of Alabama, a corporation (“Clayton Homes”), seeking damages for conversion of a welding torch set. The jury returned a $50,527 general verdict for Smith, and the trial court entered judgment on the verdict. Clayton Homes raises issues regarding the denial of its motion for directed verdict on grounds of improper *273venue, sufficiency of the evidence of conversion, and propriety of the punitive damages award.

In December 1984, Woody Woodcock, manager…