Voss v. Bassett
Voss v. Bassett
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
§ 116. Conversion by landlord of tenant’s property; assignment of error; case stated. This is a suit to recover damages for the conversion of corn, and for other damages resulting from such conversion. Appellee recovered $Y4.50 for forty-nine bushels of corn, with interest, and $50 as damages. Appellant assigns for error that the verdict of the jury is contrary to the law and evidence, because there was no evidence showing that the defendant ever claimed or assumed ownership or control over the corn, or that he ever appropriated any of said corn to his own use without the consent of the plaintiff. This assignment simply denies that there was evidence of a conversion of the corn. There is ample evidence of a conversion of some corn; whether the amount was as great as claimed by the plaintiff is another question. The facts show that appellee had some corn in a crib on the farm owned by defendant, but previously occupied by the appellee. He had hauled one wagon load, and was about to haul the remainder, when defendant forbade his doing so, unless he (appellee) would pay him $50, which he demanded either for the use of the crib, or as damages for the appellee’s failure
Affirmed.
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