Floyd v. Brenner

JAMES A. MOORE, Special Judge:

Plaintiff sued in conversion for actual and punitive damages. She had rented a furnished house from defendant in late 1971. When the rent was not paid after May, 1972, defendant unavailingly tried to find the plaintiff in the premises both by night and by day. Finally, in August, 1972, defendant caused a padlock to be placed on the door and took charge of the personal property then in the home.

Part of the items were stored in a shed. Some items were in the dwelling at the time of trial and were then returned to plaintiff. Other items were delivered to one Sloan…