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NORTON REFRIGERATED EXPRESS, INC. v. RITTER BROS. CO., INC.

No. 8435.

552 S.W.2d 910 (1977)

NORTON REFRIGERATED EXPRESS, INC. and Ray Norton, Appellants, v. RITTER BROTHERS CO., INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Hlavinka, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, for appellants.

Charles Morgan, Smith, Stroud, McClerkin, Conway & Dunn, Texarkana, Ark., for appellees.

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to recover compensatory and exemplary damages for the alleged conversion of a truckload shipment of citrus fruit—a common law trover action. Plaintiffs below and appellees here, Ritter Brothers Co., Inc., A. M. Gilardi & Sons, Inc. and W. R. Hackett Fruit Company, recovered judgment for $4,492.13 actual and $3,500.00 exemplary damages, together with costs, etc., in the trial court. The defendants below and appellants...

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