Guinn v. Lokey

This case involves the construction of Article 1436-1, known as the Certificate of Title Act, Vernon’s Annotated Criminal Statutes of Texas. L. L. Guinn, Sr., petitioner, filed this suit in the trial court, as plaintiff, against J. A. Lokey et al., defendants, for conversion of an automobile. The trial court, sitting without a jury, held that as a result of the transaction between the parties the title to the automobile claimed by petitioner had passed from him to J. A. Lokey. In affirming the judgment of the trial court, the Court of Civil Appeals held that L. L. Guinn, Sr., having endorsed…