Court Opinion

ID: 9883758
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 02:16:09.665502+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:18.347764
License: Public Domain

LESLIE, Judge,
concurring in part, dissenting in part.
I respectfully disagree with the majority that there is ample evidence to support the court’s award of $50,000 in damages. I would affirm but modify and reduce the award of damages to $22,500.
Plaintiffs produced three figures as to the valuation of the property alleged to have been converted. Plaintiff Schmalz’s own evaluation for internal revenue purposes was substantially lower than the others. It is that amount of $22,500, which the Internal Revenue Service apparently accepted as the value of the property converted, that I would accept as closest to the true value.