Meeks v. Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp. (In Re Stinnett)

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MARY D. SCOTT, Bankruptcy Judge.

On May 29,1998, the debtor, an over the road trucker and a life long Arkansas resident, purchased a 1998 Freightliner from Truck Center, Inc., located in Texarkana, Texas. As he had done in the past, he utilized the services of Trux, Inc. to process paperwork, including titling and licensing of the vehicle. He did not direct Trux in any manner but assumed, as had been done in the past, that the title and licensing would be in the State of Oklahoma, a “trucker friendly state.” The debtor’s Arkansas address appears on the…