Pelletier v. Pelletier

OPINION

This is a most unusual case, one in which a person who was not a party to a divorce action was allowed to prosecute a “counterclaim” for tortious conversion against the plaintiff in the divorce action. The court ruled against the tort “counterclaim-ant,” and she now appeals.

The case began with the filing of a divorce complaint by Emma L. Pelletier against her husband, George N. Pelletier. George Pelletier is the son of Phebe Pelletier, the appellant.

Phebe, claiming that wife Emma sold some coins that belonged to her, decided to assert a conversion claim against her daughter-in-law by…