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REGISTER v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO.

No. 01-87-00048-CV.

744 S.W.2d 301 (1987)

Thomas E. REGISTER and Evelyn M. Register, Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gieseke and Karl C. Hoppess, Hoppess, Cowgill & Emmott, Houston, for appellants.

Ingrid J. Blackwelder, Baker & Botts, Houston, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and SAM BASS and DUGGAN, JJ.

EVANS, Chief Justice.

The appellants, Thomas E. Register, and wife Evelyn M. Register, seek reversal of a deficiency judgment in favor of the appellee, Ford Motor Credit Company, holding the Registers liable as guarantors of a promissory note. The principal questions on appeal relate to the applicability of the federal Ship Mortgage Act of 1920, 46 U.S. C. sec. 911 et seq. (1975). We conclude that the provisions of the Act govern the disposition of these issues, and...

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