California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Silkes v. Servicing, B252857 (Cal. App. 2014):
The complaint fails to allege any facts that would state a claim for conversion. "The tort of conversion applies to personal property, not real property." (Salma v. Capon
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(2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 1275, 1295; Munger v. Moore (1970) 11 Cal.App.3d 1, 7.) To the extent the complaint's conversion claim concerned personal property, the complaint fails to allege any facts identifying the property, or defendants' actions that have converted that property. At most, Silkes argues only that the demand for an inflated escrow payment was an "attempt" at conversion. This is insufficient. Silkes fails to articulate how the complaint could be amended to state a viable conversion claim.
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