Legal Opinion
Price v. Ford Motor Credit Company
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 6, 1975No. KCD 26901PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Judge.
Defendant Ford Motor Credit Company appeals from a jury verdict of $600 actual and $25,000 punitive damages for wrongful conversion of plaintiff Bossie T. Price’s automobile. Plaintiff purchased the automobile in 1969 under a retail installment contract which was assigned to defendant. Payments were due the twenty-eighth day of each month. A combination of faulty bookkeeping by defendant and the loss of one payment in the mail resulted in steps that led to repossession of the automobile by defendant on April 6, 1971.
Prior to the consideration of the events of March and April of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Beggs v. Universal CIT Credit CorporationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- Davidson v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Robinson v. St. John's Medical Center, JoplinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Helming v. AdamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Pashalian v. Big-4 Chevrolet CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Jerry J. Kerr v. First Commodity Corporation of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Hanch v. K. F. C. National Management Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Essex v. Getty Oil Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Boyd v. WimesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
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