Legal Opinion
Collins v. Trammell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1995No. 67172PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRANDALL, Judge.
Defendant, Lonnie Trammel, d/b/a Big L Full Service Station, appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of plaintiff, S.L. Collins, in a bench trial for conversion. 1
The judgment of $65,068.44 consisted of $45,-000.00 in actual damages, prejudgment interest in the amount of $10,068.44, and $10,-000.00 punitive damages. We affirm.
The evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the judgment, discloses that plaintiff owned a tracking business. On October 12, 1991, one of his dump trucks, a 1986 Mack truck, was hauling approximately 25 tons of rock. At approximately…
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