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SHERRILL WHITE CONST. v. SOUTH CAROLINA NAT. BANK

No. 82-1183.

713 F.2d 1047 (1983)

SHERRILL WHITE CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellee, v. SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mantor M. Grier, Columbia, S.C. (Boyd, Knowlton, Tate & Finlay, L. Henry McKellar, Associate Gen. Counsel, South Carolina Nat. Bank, Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

Henry E. Grimball, Charleston, S.C. (Grimball, Cabaniss, Vaughan & Robinson, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

South Carolina National Bank (SCNB or bank) appeals the award of $44,747.62 in compensatory damages and $13,400 in punitive damages it was ordered to pay to Sherrill White Construction, Inc. (White Construction) following a jury trial for conversion. We affirm the award of actual damages, but reverse that of punitive damages.

White Construction was a Tennessee corporation involved in carpentry work. The suit involved a construction...

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