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Hanson v. Associates Finance Inc.

Supreme Court of Utah
Apr 25, 1972
496 P.2d 266 (Utah 1972)

Opinion

No. 12556.

April 25, 1972.

Appeal from the Third District Court, Slat Lake County, Stewart M. Hanson, J.

Homer Hanson, pro se.

Norman Wade, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Callister, Kesler Callister, Gary R. Howe, Salt Lake City, for defendants and respondents.


Appeal from a no-cause-of-action judgment after trial based on an alleged conversion in 1964 of a home radio antenna and lead-in wire, and for damages for a trespass incident to the conversion. Affirmed, with costs to defendants.

In spite of plaintiff's urgence, the judgment was based on believable, although disputed evidence, to the effect that he knew who owned the property and stood mute during its repossession, — inconsistent with his claim of ownership or the concept of trespass de bonis asportatis and quaere clausum fregit, — and that there was, therefore, no basis for an estoppel of defendants' claim of ownership, as asserted by plaintiff.

CALLISTER, C. J., and TUCKETT, ELLETT, and CROCKETT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hanson v. Associates Finance Inc.

Supreme Court of Utah
Apr 25, 1972
496 P.2d 266 (Utah 1972)
Case details for

Hanson v. Associates Finance Inc.

Case Details

Full title:Homer HANSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ASSOCIATES FINANCE INC., and…

Court:Supreme Court of Utah

Date published: Apr 25, 1972

Citations

496 P.2d 266 (Utah 1972)
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