Vaughn v. Glenn

1. "The owner of personalty is entitled to the possession thereof. Any deprivation of such possession is a tort for which an action lies.” Civil Code (1910), § 4481. “Any abuse of, or damage done to, the personal property of another, unlawfully, is a trespass for which damages may be recovered.” Civil Code (1910), § 4485.

2. If a person, without the consent of the owner or authority of law, remove the personal property of another from the place where the owner left it, and where the owner had the right to leave it, he becomes liable for any damage done it as a consequence thereof. Tanner v.…