PHIL PHILLIPS FORD, INC. v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

No. B-2198.

465 S.W.2d 933 (1971)

PHIL PHILLIPS FORD, INC., Petitioner, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groce, Hebdon, Fahey & Smith, Damon Ball, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Clemens, Knight, Weiss & Spencer, George H. Spencer, Moursund, ball & Young, Frank J. Adelman, San Antonio, for respondents.


POPE, Justice.

Phil Phillips Ford, Inc. (Ford) sued Security Investment Corporation (SIC) and W. C. Pittman for conversion arising from the repossession of an automobile. Ford also filed suit against St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (St. Paul), its theft loss insurer. SIC, Pittman, and St. Paul filed motions for summary judgment based on SIC's right as a lien holder to repossess the secured automobile. The trial court granted the defendants' motions for summary...

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