Installment Finance Corp. v. Hudiburg Chevrolet, Inc.

SIMMS, Justice:

Plaintiff appeals from summary judgments in favor of both defendants below. The primary issues are whether a party holding a security interest in an automobile may recover damages for conversion from a tag agent who releases the secured party’s lien by omitting it from a new certificate of title based upon a forged lien release form and whether the party may recover damages for conversion from an automobile dealer who purchases and resells the automobile after the lien is released by the tag agent.

We hold that appellant failed to plead and establish in summary judgment…