Lipper v. McClain

Upon a jury's finding as to the amounts, the appellee obtained a $495 judgment against appellant for alleged conversion of an automobile, $225 of it as the value of the car, the remaining $270 as representing the value of its use from the date of the taking to the time of this trial.

The issue over whether appellant's taking of the car amounted to a conversion arose out of these facts:

He held a mortgage for unpaid purchase money on the machine, securing an original aggregate indebtedness of $378, divided into as many amounts, and evidenced by 12 $31.50 notes of the appellee, payable one each…