McNeill v. Minter

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the conclusion of law of the trial judge that “[t]he plaintiff was damaged by defendant’s deceit and conversion of real property to the extent and in the amount of $650.00, with six (6%) percent interest thereon from June 25,1968.” The assignment of error must be sustained.

“Conversion” is defined as “an unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods or personal chattels belonging to another, to the alteration of their condition or the exclusion of an owner’s rights.” (Emphasis ours.) Wall v. Colvard, Inc., 268 N.C. 43, 149…