Barfield v. Brogdon

*789ROBINSON, Chief Justice.

The trial court entered judgment for defendant on a jury verdict on his cross-claim for actual and exemplary damages for wrongful sequestration. Affirmed subject to a remittitur.

Plaintiff, Robert E. Barfield, an attorney, took his lawn mower to Profitt’s Lawn Mower Service owned by defendant, J. Darrell Brogdon, for a tune-up. Barfield testified that the price of the tune-up was agreed to be $14.00. Brogdon testified that (1) the agreed price was $14.50 plus the cost of parts; (2) he wrote “14.50 plus parts” on the repair order in the presence of Mr. Barfield; and (3)…