Walker v. Brown

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that conversion is the intent to exercise dominion or control over goods which is inconsistent with the true owner’s right
• explaining that the tort is complete upon taking possession from the owner, and no demand for the chattel’s return is necessary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tharp v. Bunge Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-21· cited 179×
• Smith v. Franklin Custodian Funds, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-10-22· cited 74×
• Murphree v. Federal Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-04-10· cited 46×
• First Investors Corp. v. Rayner
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-05-06· cited 43×
• Union National Life Ins. Co. v. Crosby
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-02-12· cited 41×
• Wallace v. United Mississippi Bank
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-02· cited 36×
• PACCAR Financial Corp. v. Howard
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-03-11· cited 28×
• Missala Marine Services, Inc. v. Odom
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-06-12· cited 25×
• RE/Max Real Estate Partners v. Lindsley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-03-20· cited 24×
• Pride Oil Co., Inc. v. Tommy Brooks Oil Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-06-08· cited 22×
• Terrell v. Tschirn
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-05-25· cited 21×
• Greenline Equipment Co. v. Covington County Bank
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-05-30· cited 14×
• Edwards Family Partnership v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-04-27· cited 12×
• Shults v. United States
  D. Kansas· 1998-02-25· cited 6×
• Lang v. Lutz
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-10-28· cited 6×
• Stamps v. Estate of Watts
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-05-25· cited 5×
• Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., Inc. v. Ballou
  S.D. Mississippi· 2012-03-23· cited 5×
• Cross Point Church v. Andrews (In re Andrews)
  S.D. Mississippi· 2016-10-20· cited 3×
• Paul M. Newton, Jr. v. Betty Lou Brown
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-05-24· cited 2×
• Padgett v. Palmer
  S.D. Mississippi· 1994-06-30· cited 2×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tideway Oil Programs, Inc. v. Serio
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 151×
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Miss. v. Campbell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-12-19· cited 118×
• Weems v. American SEC. Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-03-12· cited 65×
• Miss. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Garrett
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 46×
• Fedders Corp. v. Boatright
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-05-28· cited 44×
• Seals v. St. Regis Paper Company
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1970-05-25· cited 43×
• TG Blackwell Chevrolet Co. v. Eshee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-04-25· cited 43×
• Jesco, Inc. v. Shannon
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-02-29· cited 42×
• Masonite Corp. v. Williamson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-10-14· cited 37×
• Mississippi Motor Finance, Inc. v. Thomas
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 32×
• Bell v. First Columbus Nat. Bank
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-27· cited 27×
• Candebat v. Flanagan
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-04-16· cited 27×
• Kinnard v. Martin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-05-26· cited 21×
• Wood v. Mississippi Power Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1962-11-12· cited 17×
• James Reeves, Contractor, Inc. v. Chain
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 13×
• Miles v. Duckworth
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 6×