Porter v. . Alexander

Tbe appellant excepted to tbe court’s refusal to dismiss tbe action as in case of nonsuit, assigning as ground for its exception tbe lack of evidence to sbow its conversion of tbe plaintiff’s property. Granting tbe plaintiff, in accordance witb tbe accepted rule, all inferences tbat may reasonably be drawn from tbe evidence, we are of opinion tbat tbe exception should not be sustained.

The law of conversion was developed through the common-law action of trover, which was applicable to cases in which the plaintiff bad lost goods that were afterwards found and appropriated by the defendant. The…