Glass v. Burkett

The defendant, M. D. Burkett, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County rendered against him, after a bench trial, in the amount of *33,340.90 which included actual damages of *22,680.72 and punitive damages of *10,660.18, the latter including attorney fees of *5,000.

This action was brought to recover damages for violation of defendant’s fiduciary duties to the co-executors of the estate of Walter Glass in the sale of a 30-acre tract of land improved with a residence and owned by the decedent at the time of his death on April 12, 1975. The plaintiffs’ evidence showed that Walter…