Crowe v. Interstate Safety Systems, Inc.

CRAWLEY, Judge.

Bernard Crowe appeals from the trial court’s order directing him to surrender a Caterpillar brand motor scraper (“the scraper”) or to pay its value of $10,000, and to pay Interstate Safety Systems, Inc. (“ISS”), and Ron Summerville (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the plaintiffs”) $4,000 for wrongful detention of the scraper. We affirm and award damages to the plaintiffs pursuant to Rule 38, Ala. R.App. P.

Summerville, who worked in highway construction, entered into an agreement with Joseph Lauch pursuant to which Summerville would store the scraper on Lauch’s property…