McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Punitive damages is the leitmotiv; the back-drop is an action in replevin. The victim (GMAC) exhorts us to set aside the award ($5,000) of the trial judge, Moorman, J., (sitting without a jury) charging that his action was clearly erroneous. GMAC has other complaints but, by comparison, they are de minimis.
In November 1965 the appellee (Petrillo), at the time a resident of California, bought a new Chevrolet...
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