Federal Nat. Bank v. McDonald

MASON V. C. J.

The defendant in error, W. H. McDonald, recovered a judgment against the plaintiffs in error in the sum of $350 actual damages and $200 punitive damages for the conversion of certain personal property, from which the latter appeal.

The facts, as disclosed by the record, are substantially as follows: The plaintiff purchased the property involved herein from one Phillip Hibbs, who previously thereto had mortgaged the same to the defendant bank. It appears that the plaintiff had knowledge of such mortgage and that the bank had knowledge of said sale. Thereafter, the note secured by…