Kertz v. Paris

Respondent Kertz instituted this action to foreclose a chattel mortgage on appellants’ property. Appellants filed a cross-complaint, which admitted a debt of $10,625.79 owed to the respondent, alleged that respondent committed an act of conversion by transferring property of the appellants of the reasonable value of $14,500, without sale or permission, and asked for damages in the amount of $3,874.21, the difference between the debt and the reasonable value of the property.

This appeal is taken from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in the action for conversion. The contentions on appeal…