FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO. v. FIRST STATE BANK

No. 12-83-0092-CV.

674 S.W.2d 437 (1984)

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, Appellant, v. FIRST STATE BANK OF SMITHVILLE, Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Duggins, Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Austin, for appellant.

Yerger Hill, III, Payne & Vendig, Dallas, for appellee.


COLLEY, Justice.

Defendant/appellant Ford Credit appeals from an adverse judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff/appellee Bank in a bench trial of the issue of the priority of competing security interests held by the parties in the inventory of a failed Ford dealership in Smithville. We affirm.

The record shows that Jeb Fredrickson, following negotiations during the summer of 1977 with Ford Motor Company, obtained approval as a dealer with a franchise to sell...

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