ROEBUCK AUTO SALES, INC. v. WALLACE

SC 705.

301 So.2d 546 (1974)

ROEBUCK AUTO SALES, INC. v. Joseph A. WALLACE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sirote, Permutt, Friend & Friedman, and William G. West, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Corretti, Newsom & Rogers, Birmingham, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The question in this case is whether a plaintiff is entitled to recover under a detinue count and counts in trover and trespass joined in a bill of complaint. Are the recoveries in the same action totally inconsistent and mutually exclusive? We answer in the negative.

The facts of the case are not overly complex. In February, 1969, Joseph Wallace purchased a 1969 Volkswagen convertible from Roebuck Auto Sales. Apparently, the automobile was bought...

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