Davis v. Odell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an action brought by former tenants of an apartment to recover from their former landlords compensatory damages for conversion of the plaintiffs’ household goods and punitive damages. The case was tried to a jury which answered certain special questions in favor of the plaintiffs. Both sides have appealed.

Although there were some minor factual conflicts in certain areas, the essential facts in the case were not in dispute and are as follows: In March of 1982, the plaintiffs, Becky Davis and Ronnie Davis, rented an apartment from the…