OWEN, Chief Judge.
In an action for conversion of certain personal property, the jury's verdict awarded the plaintiff $1500.00 compensatory damages and $6000.00 punitive damages. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered on that verdict.
We reverse that portion of the judgment awarding punitive damages. The evidence was insufficient to show that degree of malice, moral turpitude, wantonness or outrageousness of the tort necessary to sustain an award...
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