(DOWNLOAD) "Fowler v. Courtemanche" by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Fowler v. Courtemanche
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 15, 1954
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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BRAND, Justice. This is an action at law for compensatory and punitive damages on account of the alleged wrongful and malicious conversion of a number of logging trucks and trailers and certain other logging equipment. The plaintiff is Irwin W. Fowler. The defendants named in the complaint were L. A. Courtemanche, an individual, L. A. Courtemanche, a corporation, Automotive Equipment Company, a corporation, and The Courtemanche Acceptance Corporation. The case against L. A. Courtemanche, an individual, was dismissed. There was a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $9,240.69 as general damages and $35,000 as punitive damages against the three corporations and judgment was entered on the verdict. Thereafter the defendants moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and in the alternative for an order setting aside the judgment and entering one in favor of plaintiff for the amount of the compensatory damages only. In event the foregoing motions should be denied, defendants moved for a new trial. The court found that the defendants motion for a directed verdict, made at the trial, should have been granted and that the motion for judgment n.o.v. should be allowed. Judgment to that effect was entered. The court also found that the alternative motion to eliminate the verdict for punitive damages was well-taken and would have been allowed if it had