What is the test for conversion of property?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Waterloo Manufacturing Company v. Woeppell, 1928 CanLII 255 (SK CA):
Lord Holt in Baldwin v. Cole, 6 Mod. 212, 87 E.R. 964, says: What is a conversion but an assuming upon one’s self the property and right of disposing another’s goods?
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