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GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. FROELICH

No. 15145.

273 F.2d 92 (1959)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Edward B. FROELICH, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James E. Shifflette, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Norman E. Sill, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, submitted on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Roland D. Hartshorn, Arlington, Va., submitted on the brief for appellee.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The questions are whether, in a jury trial for compensatory and punitive damages for the wrongful repossession of an automobile, resulting in recovery by plaintiff of $150 compensatory and $2,500 punitive damages, (1) prejudicial evidence was erroneously admitted and (2) the case was one for the jury on the issue of punitive damages.1

(1) The question of evidence turns on the reception over defendant's objection...

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