CORNELL v. ALBUQUERQUE CHEMICAL CO., INC.

No. 3018.

584 P.2d 168 (1978)

92 N.M. 121

Jay CORNELL and Joseph Minichello, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALBUQUERQUE CHEMICAL CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orville C. McCallister, Steven R. Fairfield and Bruce H. Strotz, McCallister, Fairfield, Query & Strotz, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

John M. Eaves and John L. Hollis, Kool, Kool, Bloomfield & Eaves, P.A., Albuquerque, for appellee Cornell.

Joseph M. Fine, Albuquerque, for appellee Minichello.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

A judgment was entered in favor of Cornell and Minichello against defendant growing out of a conversion by defendant of a tree sprayer owned and possessed by Cornell, and a subsequent sale to Minichello. Trial was before the court. The trial court awarded Cornell and Minichello compensatory and punitive damages. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

The trial court found:

Cornell had been in the business of tree spraying and...

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