Retention of another's wandering cattle without notification, releasing them back into one's own paddocks rather than drafting and returning them, and allowing them to contribute to the natural increase of one's own herd, constitutes conversion even without a specific demand for return. The case also illustrates the use of expert evidence on expected natural increase rates to quantify unaccounted-for cattle on a pastoral property.
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