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WAISATH v. LACK'S STORES, INC.

No. B-2679.

474 S.W.2d 444 (1971)

Wilfred WAISATH et ux., Petitioners, v. LACK'S STORES, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Dunnam, Port Lavaca, Richard Thornton, Galveston, for petitioners.

Cullen, Carsner, Edwards, Williams & Stevenson, C. C. Carsner, Jr., Victoria, for respondent.

DANIEL, Justice.

This is a suit by Wilfred Waisath and wife, former operators of an apartment complex, against Lack's Stores, Inc., a furniture dealer, for damages alleged to have resulted from conversion by Lack's of certain furniture owned by the Waisaths. The trial court, based on jury findings, awarded the Waisaths $1,200 actual damages and $3,000 exemplary damages. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed and rendered judgment that the Waisaths take nothing.

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