Wright Titus, Inc. v. Swafford

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellee, J. B. Swafford, sued appellant, Wright Titus, Inc., a corporation, and H. B. Cook for damages for the conversion of his Ford automobile, and for the actual or intrinsic value of personal property which was in the automobile at the time of its conversion. Cook was alleged to have taken the automobile as agent of appellant; that he acted maliciously in so doing, that appellant ratified the malicious act, and for which exemplary damages were sought. Appellee also alleged that the note held by appellant and secured by a chattel mortgage on the automobile provided for $100…