Fick v. Mills

WILSON, Justice.

Construction of the Certificate of Title Act, Art. 1436-1, Vernon’s Tex.Penal Code, and a money judgment for conversion of an automobile is the subject matter of this case.

The unchallenged material fact findings of the trial court establish that plaintiff Mills, owner of the automobile in question, executed the assignment of title thereto on the reverse of the certificate of title with the purchaser’s name left blank, obtained *382a release of lien and delivered the certificate and the automobile to a stranger, Gunn (alias of Dunn), in exchange for the latter’s worthless check.…