Steinhagen v. Ehl

OPINION

STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.

E.H. “Harvey” Steinhagen, III, and Pe-troTex Fuels, Inc., appeal an adverse judgment awarding Bob A. Ehl actual and exemplary damages for conversion of fuel dispensing equipment. The appellants raise four issues. In answer to their second issue, we find that the discovery rule did not defer accrual of Ehl’s cause of action for conversion. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and render judgment that Ehl take nothing.

Ehl owns a convenience store with underground storage tanks for motor fuel. Effective February 1, 1997, Ehl leased the property…