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YORK CORPORATION v. E. PERRY IRON & METAL CO.

170 A.2d 388 (1961)

YORK CORPORATION v. E. PERRY IRON & METAL CO., Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Levenson, Portland, for plaintiff.

Woodman, Skelton, Thompson & Chapman, Portland, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN and DUBORD, JJ.

WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

On appeal. This is an action to recover damages for the conversion of copper wire. The jury returned a verdict of $1,701 for the value of the wire, and assessed punitive damages at $500.

The evidence viewed most favorably for the plaintiff discloses the following:

The plaintiff York Corporation is a utility generating and selling electricity. From July 1958 to November 1959 there was a series of thefts of high tension copper...

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