Missouri Court of Appeals August 11, 1981, No. 42970 (Metal Exchange Corp. v. Glennon)

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

Plaintiff corporation sued defendant in conversion for $85,000 actual and $200,000 punitive damages. Plaintiff pleaded it had entrusted metal products to defendant for processing, but that defendant had secreted plaintiff’s property and converted it to his own use. By his unverified answer defendant did not respond to the facts of plaintiff’s petition.