Smith v. Maximum Racing, Inc.

OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

This dispute arises out of the termination of an agreement between appellant Glen Smith and appellee Maximum Racing, Inc. Maximum Racing agreed to provide Smith’s son, Casey, with race cars and other equipment. When the agreement ended, Smith refused to return one racing car, alleging that Maximum Racing owed him money for “compensable work.” Maximum Racing prevailed in its countersuit for conversion after a jury found that Smith had not performed work entitling him to a lien on the automobile. At issue is whether a theory of recovery composed of multiple…