Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Herring

Frank Holt, Justice.

The appellees were purchasers of two pickup trucks which were financed under retail installment contracts with the appellant. The contracts authorized repossession of the vehicles upon the buyer’s default. When each appellee became delinquent on his monthly payments, appellant repossessed the trucks in which various items of personal property were stored. Appellant brings this appeal from a judgment awarding appellees $2,000 in actual damages and $17,000 in punitive damages.

Appellant first contends that the trial court erred in submitting the issue of conversion to the…