Question

A man who had been living with a woman in an old farmhouse left without warning. In a note, he told her that he was not coming back other than to get his possessions in the spring, and he told her not to touch them. Among his possessions was an extensive set of woodworking tools that he kept in a workshop. During the winter, the cost of heating the farmhouse, which the two had previously shared, became too high for the woman to pay. The manager of the local heating oil company agreed to provide heating oil in exchange for unlimited use of the woodworking tools. The man learned that the tools were being used by the manager of the heating oil company and sued the woman for conversion. No harm was done to the tools. If the woman prevails, what is the most likely reason

Answer 1

The woman may prevail due to the necessity of using the woodworking tools in exchange for heating oil, assuming there was implied consent or privilege due to necessity, as the man had left without arrangements for necessary utilities.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the woman prevails in the lawsuit for conversion, the most likely reason would be that she had a necessity to use the man's woodworking tools to provide for her basic need of heating during the winter. Conversion is the unauthorized act of depriving an owner of personal property without their consent. However, in this case, the woman might argue that she had an implied consent or a privilege due to necessity to use the tools in exchange for the essential heating oil, especially considering that the man abandoned the residence without providing for the continuation of necessary utilities.

Answer 2

Answer: No harm was done to the tools

Step-by-step explanation:

Most times people tend to bridge agreement that they had with other person's, especially when they find out the agreement will favour them. The woman had no right to give out the property of her co-tenant to oil company man, while the co-tenant has every right to sue her, but what would be her escape would be that the tools were still intact, while her reason would be that she wanted to maintain their stay there, which the option was a way to do it.