Fonda v. GENERAL CAS. CO. OF ILLINOIS

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Richard B. Fonda, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting judgment in favor of defendant, General Casualty Company of Illinois, on plaintiff’s action for conversion of property. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in determining that plaintiff failed to prove a conversion. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The record reveals the following relevant facts. Vecente Nededog owned a convenience grocery store called "Ma & Pa’s II,” located in…