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Seizure of plaintiffs' goods by employer's agents to recoup an employee's shortage amounted to conversion; trespass claim failed for lack of possession.
Conversion — seizure of chattels by employer/agent to recoup employee’s shortage constitutes conversion; Trespass to goods — requires actual possession; voluntary surrender by employee or asserted lien not a defence to conversion; damages for loss of use and value assessment by Registrar.
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