Kingman v. Weightman

¶1 Miles Kingman (Kingman) appeals the summary judgment entered by the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, in favor of Thomas Weightman (Weightman). We affirm, and address the following issue:

Did the District Court err by holding that the statute of limitations had run on Kingman’s claim for conversion of property?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 On September 17, 2008, Kingman inflicted serious injuries upon another man in a drunken altercation outside a bar in Bozeman. Kingman fled the scene, but was arrested later that day. Bozeman City Police took Kingman to the Bozeman…