Stroman v. Lynch

Appellants sued for the conversion of household furniture and furnishings and other property, alleging its value to have been $3,775.25. They recovered a judgment for $1,000, with 7 per cent interest from the date of conversion, but deeming it inadequate they have appealed.

Appellants were tenants of a four-room apartment in San Francisco and when their occupancy terminated on December 23, 1943, the property removed therefrom was stored with respondents who are in the moving and storage business. By January 9,1946 about $100 in storage charges had accrued and on that day respondents sold the…