Rouse v. ROY L. HOUCK SONS'CORPORATION

Plaintiffs, claiming to be the assignees of a license to quarry and remove rock, appeal a judgment denying recovery in an action for damages for “conversion” ① against a construction company which quarried and removed rock under a subsequent license from the landowner.

The assignment of error challenges the granting of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict after a jury had awarded the plaintiffs general and punitive damages against Roy L. Houck Sons’ Corporation.

The controversy grew out of an instrument apparently prepared by the plaintiffs’ assignors and captioned “option contract.” The…