Opinion ID: 1864539
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Heading: mason's lawsuits

Text: Carolyn Brown assigned her conversion cause of action to Mason, whose conversion petition alleged that, without Mason's consent, Schumachers forcibly entered the dwelling and removed numerous items of personal property belonging to Mason and have ... detained, used and disposed of said items of property and otherwise treated such property as their own in derogation of [Mason's] rights, resulting in damage of $9,500. In his URLTA petition, Mason alleged that Schumachers unlawfully ousted and excluded him from the duplex, and claimed liquidated damages of $1,185, the trebled monthly rent, plus a reasonable attorney fee pursuant to § 76-1430. Mason also alleged that he had demanded his security deposit and that Schumachers had refused to return the deposit. At trial, however, Mason testified that he could not remember the amount of the security deposit. Robert Schumacher testified that the security deposit was $181. However, no one testified that Schumachers failed to return Mason's security deposit. Although Schumachers' alleged expenses for cleanup and repair in the amount of $248, the only proof of Schumachers' expenses was $75 to remove Mason's belongings from the duplex, $60.45 for repair to the garage door of the duplex, and $40 to clean the duplex's interior.