Falker v. Samperi

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• defining conversion as “unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods belonging to another, to the exclusion of the owner’s rights” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• plaintiffs property rights are at heart of conversion, and proof of ownership is plaintiffs burden
• conversion occurs when one, without authorization, assumes and exercises the right of ownership over property belonging to another, to the exclusion of the owner's rights
• excavation of earth material from plaintiff's property
• conversion claimant must prove ownership

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).