World Cellphones Distributors Corp. v. De Surinaamsche Bank, N.V.
A bank mistakenly sent a duplicate $119,490 wire transfer and the recipient corporation and its owner refused to return the funds, applying them to a related customer's invoices. The Third DCA affirmed summary judgment on conversion \u2014 the recipients admitted receiving the duplicate funds, receiving demand, and refusing return, and a mistaken belief in a legal right to the funds is no defense \u2014 but reversed summary judgment on civil theft because the record lacked clear and convincing evidence of felonious intent.
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