Shaw's D.B. & L., Inc. v. Fletcher

EVANS, Justice.

This is a suit for conversion. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant, a pawnshop, purchased and converted to its own use a set of silverware which had previously been stolen from her apartment. After a non-jury trial, the court below entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, awarding her the sum of $2,355.50 as the value of stolen silverware. The defendant brings this appeal.

The defendant contends that the trial court erred in entering judgment in favor of the plaintiff on the basis of conversion, arguing that the evidence does not show that the plaintiff’s property came…