Toellner v. Trevino

PHILLIPS, Justice.

Appellee, Frank Trevino, purchased a 1958 Chevrolet from appellant, a dealer, giving his old car in trade and signing a note payable to appellant for $657.80. In February of 1966, appellant repossessed the car claiming that the note was two payments in default; that appellee’s insurance on the car had been cancelled out, that ap-pellee had had more than a month to obtain other insurance on the car and had failed and refused to do so; that because certain young boys had been seen driving the car appellant had felt “unsafe and insecure,” that he had a right to such possession…