Legal Opinion
Walker v. Crane
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 5, 2000No. A00A1169PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
E. H. and Donna Walker owned a 1983 International Tractor truck and a Phelan Low Boy trailer, which were stolen on November 8, 1994. They sued Steve C. Treske, as the Administrator of the Estate of Amber Charles Crane, Sr., d/b/a Crane Boys Wrecker Service, for hauling the truck and trailer into his wrecker yard without notifying either them or the police. The issue raised is whether a wrecker service which pulls and stores a vehicle in good faith belief that the owner is known can be liable for conversion. The answer is no. Pretermitting that there was no conversion, the…
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