Addair v. Huffman

*594Neely, Judge:

This is an appeal by the defendant below from a final order of the Circuit Court of McDowell County entered upon a jury verdict for the plaintiff for $2,250. Plaintiff, Leon T. Addair, was awarded $250 compensatory damages and, after a remittitur of $500, $1,500 punitive damages. The action was in tort arising from an alleged wrongful suggestee execution issued against plaintiff Addair’s wages. The primary issue before this Court is whether from the actions of the defendant J. E. Huffman, who owned a collection agency known as Huffman’s Account Service Company, a jury could imply…