Legal Opinion
Re-Trac Corp. v. J. W. Speaker Corp.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 21, 1962No. 60-C-20PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an action for conversion wherein plaintiff seeks to recover compensatory damages in the amount of $4,632 and punitive damages in the amount of $14,-000. Defendant denied the wrongful taking, raised an issue as to the jurisdiction of the court for lack of jurisdictional amount, and pleaded a counterclaim in the amount of $25,000. The cause was tried to the court and submitted on post-trial briefs.
Plaintiff, Re-Trac Corp., formerly known as the Mosby Mirror Corporation, is a Minnesota corporation. Defendant, J. W. Speaker Corp., hereinafter called “Speaker,” is an…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Barry v. EdmundsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Scott v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Genevieve Derewecki, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Derewecki, Deceased v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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- Bernstein v. BrennerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1970
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