Melcher v. Bank of Madison

I. INTRODUCTION

In this conversion action, the district court, pursuant to the verdict, entered judgment in the amount of $28,000 in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, Ervin Melcher, and against the defendant-appellant, The Bank of Madison. The bank thereupon appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals asserting, in summary, that the district court erred in overruling the bank’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial because (1) it was entitled to the directed verdict it sought at the close of all the evidence and (2) the district court incorrectly instructed the jury. The…