Boyd v. Wimes

LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Patricia Boyd sued Mid-Central Mortgage and Investment Company, Inc. (“Mid-Central”) and Charles Wimes, individually as statutory trustee of Mid-Central, for fraudulent misrepresentation and conversion. The jury found in favor of Wimes but against the corporation on the fraudulent misrepresentation count, and found against both defendants on the conversion count, awarding actual damages of $305.56 and $5,000 in punitive damages. Only Wimes, as an individual, appeals.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, the following facts occurred. In early 1976,…