Ozark Wood Industries, Inc. v. First National Bank of Doniphan

TITUS, Judge.

Ozark Wood Industries, Inc. (hereinafter “Ozark Wood”), as sole plaintiff filed its original and first amended petitions for actual damages only against the defendant bank. A second amended petition, upon which the cause was court-tried, named Bob Griffin as an additional plaintiff. This petition asked both actual and punitive damages of defendant. Because the trial evidence revealed Griffin was the sole owner of the personal property wrongfully acquired by defendant, Ozark Wood dismissed its claim before the matter was submitted for judgment. The trial court awarded plaintiff…