Legal Opinion
Rohatensky v. Woodall
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 9, 2002No. A02A1253PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Presiding Judge.
Acting on his father’s behalf, Howard Woodall’s son bought a 1965 Chevrolet Corvette from vintage car dealer and restorer Connis Nichols. Several weeks later, police stopped Woodall’s son as he drove the car and told him it had been reported stolen. Woodall’s son showed the officer the documentation he had in his possession, but police impounded the car.
Asserting ownership rights as a bona fide purchaser of the car, Woodall filed a petition for a writ of possession. Woodall named as defendants Nichols and Douglas Rohatensky, who was the registered owner of the car. In…
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