Coleman v. Pioneer Studebaker, Inc.

HOWARD, Judge.

This is a suit for compensatory and punitive damages for the conversion of money given as a deposit on the purchase of an automobile. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $55.00 compensatory damages (the amount of the deposit) and $2,500.00 punitive damages. We shall refer to the parties as they appeared below.

Defendants offered no evidence. Plaintiff testified in his own behalf and offered the testimony of two police officers. He also called defendant Livingston as an adverse witness. The record reveals that on Wednesday, August 17, 1963, the…