Dobbins v. Lacefield

George K. Cracraft, Chief Judge.

J.W. Dobbins appeals from a judgment entered against him in favor of appellees Don Lacefield and L & L Oil Company for conversion of personal property. We find sufficient merit in one of appellant’s points advanced on appeal to warrant reversal.

The record indicates that appellant was the owner of a sixty-acre tract of unimproved and undeveloped land. In 1987, appellant leased five acres of the tract to Floyd Pittman, who desired to erect a building on the land and operate a convenience store and gas station. The lease provided for an initial term of two years…