Flores v. Didear Van & Storage Company, Inc.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for conversion of personalty brought about by a wrongful foreclosure of a warehouseman’s lien. Aurora Flores and her husband, Jesse Flores, Jr., sued Didear Van and Storage Company, Inc. for the value of their stored household goods and for exemplary damages. The case was tried to a jury. Based on the jury verdict, the trial court entered a take nothing judgment. Plaintiffs’ motion for a judgment non obstante veredicto was not granted, hence this appeal.

On April 15, 1967 Jesse Flores, Jr. arranged with the defendant storage company to store his…