Deck 8: Conversion and Trespass to Chattels

Question 1

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
the tort covering interference with property that is not serious enough to require payment of its full value

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The element of damages is the same for conversion and trespass to chattels.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
making physical contact with personal property but not exercising dominion over it

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A major difference between conversion and trespass to chattels is the extent of the defendant's interference with the plaintiff's chattel.

Question 5

Buying stolen property will protect the buyer if he or she is a bona fide purchaser.

Question 6

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
taking physical control of personal property but not exercising dominion over it

Question 7

Name the factors a court will consider in determining whether an interference with a chattel is serious enough to constitute conversion.

Question 8

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
one who buys property for value without notice of defects in the title of the seller

Question 9

The difference between negligent interference with property and conversion is that conversion is a/an ________ interference.

Question 10

Fred takes Greg's bike without permission.He returns the bike (in good condition) three weeks later.

A)Fred has not committed conversion because the bike was returned in good condition.
B)Fred has committed conversion because of the length of time he kept the bike.
C)Fred has not committed conversion because of the length of time he kept the bike.
D)Fred has committed trespass to chattels, not conversion.

Question 11

Name three torts that might be brought for wrongful interference with property.

Question 12

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
the tort that requires the wrongdoer to pay the full value of the property interfered with

Question 13

Another name for personal property is ________.

Question 14

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
property other than land or anything attached to land

Question 15

MATCHING
a.chattel
b.conversion
c.trespass to chattels
d.dispossession
e.intermeddling
f.mistake
g.bona fide purchaser
an unintentional act, omission, or error

Question 16

Which torts might be brought for wrongful interference with property?

A)negligence, conversion, and trespass to chattels
B)defamation, conversion, and trespass to chattels