Crowley v. Ford Motor Credit Company

Banke, Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant brought this action against the defendant credit company for wrongful conversion of his automobile and breach of an automobile sales contract. He appeals the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, contending that there are fact issues remaining on both claims.

The plaintiff was a soldier stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, at the time he purchased the car in question. He was reassigned to Korea but continued to make the monthly payments on the car by mail. In early September 1981, the plaintiff instructed his stepfather to sell the car and gave him a…