National City Bank v. Jim Roberts Buick, Inc.

In this case the plaintiff, National City Bank, sought to replevy a 1982 Buick automobile, owned by Stanton E. Deeley, from the defendant, Jim Roberts Buick, Inc., together with damages for its detention, while the defendant counterclaimed for repairs thereto and for the rental fee of a substitute automobile leased to the owner while such repairs were in progress.

The matter was submitted to the court on March 10, 1986 for its decision upon the pleadings, the parties’ joint stipulation of facts, their supplemental stipulation of facts, and their respective briefs with accompanying affidavits…