Wantz v. Redfield

OPINION

By the Court,

Merrill, J.:

This is an action for conversion brought by the appellant as plaintiff. From judgment for the defendant this appeal is taken. The question involved is whether the assertion of a third party claim against property held under attachment and the accepting of possession of such property can be held to constitute conversion when it is subsequently determined that the claimant was not the owner.

An action was brought by appellant as plaintiff against certain affiliated Reno construction corporations and property was attached and taken into possession by the sheriff of…