AMOSS v. BROADBENT

No. 13210.

514 P.2d 1284 (1973)

30 Utah 2d 165

Dudley M. AMOSS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. J.R. BROADBENT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed L. Martineau of Worsley, Snow & Christensen, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Bryce E. Roe and Robert W. Adkins of Roe & Fowler, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


TUCKETT, Justice:

This is an action for the conversion of cattle. Defendant filed a counterclaim in which he claimed that the plaintiff had converted a quantity of baled hay.

A trial was had in the court below on the issues presented by the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's counterclaim. At the conclusion of the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $21,000 compensatory damages and $8,000 punitive damages. The...

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