Douglas v. Humble Oil & Refining Company

Plaintiffs, who were awarded compensatory damages for trespass and both compensatory and punitive damages for conversion, appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict allowing compensatory damages only. The defendants cross-appeal from the judgment for compensatory damages.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, owned and occupied a dwelling house in Klamath Falls. Plaintiff husband, referred to herein as Douglas, operated an Eneo service station under a “Service Station Commission Agency Agreement” with the defendant Humble. The defendant Preston was Humble’s agent supervising retail outlets in…