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MERCURY v. MUSTACHIA

No. 1055.

540 S.W.2d 339 (1976)

Jacobe Lincoln MERCURY, Appellant, v. Joseph N. MUSTACHIA, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Floyd, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, for appellant.

Ronald R. Romack, Romack & Bates, Houston, for appellee.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This suit for false arrest and malicious prosecution arose from a customer's arrest caused by an automobile dealer-repair agency and which resulted from the customer's removal of his automobile from the agency's premises without satisfying charges for repairs. Based upon a jury verdict, the trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff customer against the defendant automobile agency for $2,200.00. The defendant appeals.

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