What is the definition of conversion and what is the effect of conversion?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Robertson v. Stang, 1997 CanLII 2122 (BC SC):
The Ontario Court of Appeal adopted a similar definition in Ashfield v. Edgell (1891), 21 O.R. 195 at 203: [A] conversion is there defined to be "a wrongful interference with goods, as by taking, using or destroying them, inconsistent with the owner's right of possession."
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