FARMER'S NAT'L GRAIN CORP. v. SINGREE

FARMER'S NAT'L GRAIN CORP. v. SINGREE
1938 OK 338
79 P.2d 572
183 Okla. 18
Case Number: 28058
Decided: 05/17/1938
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

FARMER'S NATIONAL GRAIN CORP.
v.
SINGREE

Syllabus

¶0 CONVERSION--Necessary Allegation and Proof That Property Was Taken or Appropriated Without Plaintiff's Consent.
Where a party sues for conversion of his property, in order to recover, he must allege and prove that the property was taken or appropriated without his consent. And, if he expressly or impliedly assents to the appropriation, taking, use, or disposition of his property, he cannot recover in an action for conversion.

Appeal from District Court, Garfield County; J. W. Bird, Judge.

Action by C. H. Singree against the Farmer's National Grain Corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded for new trial.

Ernest F. Smith, for plaintiff in error.
Harry C. Kirkendall, for defendant In error.

CORN, J.

¶1 This action was brought by the defendant in error to recover $389.97 as damages for the value of certain wheat alleged to have been converted by the plaintiff in error, and for $300 exemplary damages.

¶2 From a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, defendant in error herein, in the amount of $389.97 actual damages and $250 exemplary damages, the plaintiff In error has prosecuted this appeal.

¶3 The material facts and issues are the same as those involved in the case of Farmer's National Grain Corporation v. E. Kirkendall, 183 Okla. 17, 79 P.2d 570.

¶4 The decision in that case is controlling here, and upon that authority we hold that the plaintiff in error, defendant below, was not liable for conversion as adjudged in the trial court.

¶5 The judgment of the trial court is reversed and remanded for new trial.