Legal Opinion
Rakes v. Wright
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided October 8, 1986No. 18A04-8603-CV-91PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONOVER, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Byron Rakes (Byron) and Elizabeth Rakes (Elizabeth), (collectively the Rakeses) appeal the trial court's denial of their request for treble damages in an action following the alteration of their check by Defendant-Appellee Beth Wright (Wright). IND. CODE 34-4-30-1 (West's AIC 1988).
We Reverse.
ISSUES
Because we reverse, we address only the following issue:
1. whether the trial court erred in awarding the Rakeses's only actual damages following their request for treble damages pursuant to IND. CODE 834-4-30-1.
FACTS
On June 9, 1983, Byron realized he…
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