CENTURIAN CORP. v. CRIPPS

No. 18798.

689 P.2d 1347 (1984)

CENTURIAN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. A.L. CRIPPS and Walter Cripps, Defendants. PETTY MOTOR LEASE, INC., v. Plaintiff in intervention and Respondent, v. CENTURIAN CORPORATION, Richard Nickles and Margaret K. Nickles, Defendants in Intervention and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Brown, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Bryce K. Bryner, Price, for A.L. Cripps and Walter Cripps.

Wayne G. Petty and Jane F. Harrison of Moyle & Draper, P.C., Salt Lake City, for Petty Motor Lease Inc.


HOWE, Justice:

This case is before us for the third time. Centurian Corporation obtained a tank trailer from Petty Motor Lease, Inc., and transferred it to Cripps. The trailer was stolen and each party sued down the line for recovery. In Centurian Corp. v. Cripps, Utah, 624 P.2d 706 (1981), we held that the "lease" between Petty Motor and Centurian (which was little more than a financing arrangement), as well as the contract...

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