FRANTA v. HODGE

No. 22560.

302 S.W.2d 291 (1957)

John E. FRANTA, Respondent, v. Raymond S. HODGE, d/b/a Associated Realty Company and Ross S. Jones, Appellants.

Kansas City Court of Appeals. Missouri.

May 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan R. Boyle, Charles V. Garnett, Kansas City, for appellants.

Walter R. James, R. Kenneth Elliott, North Kansas City, for respondent.


BROADDUS, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, John E. Franta, recovered a verdict and judgment against defendants for $1,000 actual and $1,000 punitive damages. The trial court, however, on defendants' motion, directed a remittitur of the punitive damages because of an erroneous instruction, but, on plaintiff's after-judgment motion, modified the remittitur order to provide for a new trial on the issue of punitive damages only...

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