Hammons v. Hammons

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

On June 7, 1982, plaintiff Joyce Ham-mons filed a petition seeking to replevy a 1980 Volkswagen automobile owned by the late Charles Ray Hammons. Joyce, Charles’s widow, claimed the right to possession of the automobile because the Probate Division of the St. Louis County Circuit Court had issued an order refusing letters of administration. Defendants, James and Georgia Hammons, the brother and sister of Charles, answered and counterclaimed. They alleged Charles gave the car to James, who subsequently paid the balance of a bank loan secured by a chattel…