Houston National Bank v. Biber

JUNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a conversion suit to recover the proceeds of certain checks received by Houston National Bank which checks represented capital contributions from two proposed limited partners to an as yet unformed limited partnership. Judgment was entered on the jury verdict which found that the bank converted the proceeds of the checks, and the actual and exemplary damages as found by the jury were awarded the plaintiffs. The bank appeals contending a conversion action is inappropriate under the facts of this case, that certain definitions…