Sanchez v. Forty's Texaco Service, Inc.

This is an action for conversion of the plaintiffs automobile by the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant. The critical issue on appeal is whether the trial court’s finding that the plaintiff abandoned the car is clearly erroneous. We find no error.

The defendant is a service station which performed limited warranty work on the plaintiff’s car at the request of Danbury Dodge, Inc. (Danbury), which had sold it to the plaintiff. Danbury paid the defendant for its work, and thereafter went out of business. Ultimately, the defendant…