Kampsen v. County of Kandiyohi

KELLEY, Justice.

The issue posed by this case is whether one who possesses personal property owned by another, converts the latter’s property by retaining it and ultimately selling it to satisfy a claimed lien without first taking steps reasonably designed to provide notification to the owner of the intent to foreclose the claimed lien. By granting the possessor summary judgment^ the trial court, in effect, held that the possessor as a matter of law had provided adequate notification. That holding was vacated by the court of appeals and the case remanded to the trial court for trial of the…