Section 17.7 Property Subject to Conversion

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B. (§17.7) Property Subject to Conversion

Traditionally, the only species of property subject to conversion was tangible personal property. Accordingly, courts have held that conversion would not lie for claims involving property of the following types:

Ideas, Schaefer v. Spence, 813 S.W.2d 92 (Mo. App. S.D. 1991) (spice blend formula); Norman Schuman Interiors, Inc. v. Sacks, 479 S.W.2d 200 (Mo. App. E.D. 1972) (interior decorating ideas) Sand and gravel in its original bed and thus part of the land, Glencoe Sand & Gravel Co. v. Hudson Bros. Comm’n Co., 40 S.W. 93 (Mo. 1897) Debt, Dwyer v. Unit Power, Inc., 965 S.W.2d 301 (Mo. App. E.D. 1998); Kreher v. Mason, 33 Mo. App. 297 (E.D. 1889) Money withdrawn from a...