Carpenter v. Layne

RITA W. GRUBER, Judge.

| Appellant Jimmie Carpenter sued ap-pellees, Rory and Kathy Layne, for conversion and for collection of money he contended that he loaned to appellees. After a hearing, the circuit court found that all payments made to the Laynes were authorized and, therefore, that there was no conversion and that all money loaned by Mr. Carpenter to the Laynes had been repaid in full. We find no clear error and affirm the trial court’s order.

Mr. Carpenter, an eighty-two-year-old man, was married to Mr. Layne’s step-grandmother until she died in 2003. Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Layne did…