Motor Finance Co. of Texas v. Allen

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee against appellants for $1,680 for actual and exemplary damages for the conversion by them of his automobile. Ap-pellee owed some money to Motor Finance Company of Texas for the purchase price of his car. He owed two notes, one secured by a chattel (mortgage, one -unsecured. When the unsecured one was in default, appellants took possession of the car in the absence of appellee. The jury found that such taking amounted to conversion, and the proof supported the finding.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling appellants’…