Question

Johnson- Schmitt gave several dogs to Dispenza to find good homes for them. Dispenza did not find good homes for them, but rather kept them on his property in such deplorable conditions that they were eventually seized by the sheriff, turned over to the local SPCA, and adopted out to other families. Johnson- Schmitt later sued the county claiming unlawful conversion of her property( the dogs). Did Johnson- Schmitt have any property right in the dogs at the time they were seized?

Answer 1

John-Schmitt had property right in the dogs at the time they were seized.

She had the right to dispose of her private property (dogs) and also to delegate Dispenza to dispose of her property (dogs). She was still in this right of disposition to her property before they were seized. Therefore, she could sue the country (right to property right enforcement) for unlawful conversion of her dogs.

Step-by-step explanation:

The right of disposition or transferability is one of the property rights, including the right of possession, the right of control, the right of exclusion, the right of enforcement, and the right to derive income from the property. The right of transferability means that property rights should be transferable from one owner to another in a voluntary exchange. She can enforce her property rights.