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OWENS v. ZIPPY MART OF S.C. INC.

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268 S.C. 383 (1977)

234 S.E.2d 217

Doris OWENS, Respondent, v. ZIPPY MART OF SOUTH OF CAROLINA, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Curlee, Jr., Esq., of Lourie, Draine and Curlee, Columbia, and Kenneth Sowell, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Messrs. Warder and Steele, of Greenville, for Respondent.

April 12, 1977.

NESS, Justice:

Respondent Doris Owens instituted this conversion action against her former employer, Zippy Mart. The jury returned a judgment in favor of the Respondent in the amount of $425.60 actual damages and $5,000.00 punitive damages. We find the Respondent failed to prove any act of conversion and reverse.

Doris Owens, while an employee of Zippy Mart, admittedly earned unpaid wages totalling $425.60. Zippy Mart

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