Kemp Motor Sales, Inc. v. Lawrenz

This is a conversion case. The plaintiffs, Kemp Motor Sales, Inc., and Gertrude Wade, sued the defendant, David W. Lawrenz, for the destruction of a boathouse. In a motion for summary judgment, the defendant challenged the plaintiffs' property interests in the boathouse as insufficient to support the claim of conversion. He also counterclaimed, seeking restitution for the costs incurred in tearing down the disputed structure in the event the trial court found that the plaintiffs did in fact own the boathouse. On the defendant's motion for summary judgment, the trial court held for the…