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SMITH v. CHIPMAN

220 Or. 188 (1960)

348 P.2d 441

SMITH v. CHIPMAN

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reversed January 13, 1960.

Petition for rehearing denied February 2, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene K. Richardson, Newport, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Leo Levenson, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Norman B. Kobin, Portland.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and ROSSMAN, PERRY and REDDING, Justices.

REVERSED.

ROSSMAN, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Laura Chipman, from a judgment in the amount of $5,125 which the circuit court entered in favor of the plaintiff, Bernice Smith, after a jury had returned a verdict in her favor in that sum. Of the awarded sum $125 was compensatory damages and $5,000 punitive damages. The action was based upon charges that (a) the defendant in July 1956 converted to her use personal property of the plaintiff which had...

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