Federal Insurance Co. v. Mercer

FARRINGTON, OTIS, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff, R. B. Mercer, filed this replev-in suit to recover a 1966 Cadillac automobile from the sheriff of Brevard County, whose deputy had taken it from Mercer’s possession for the reason that the deputy sheriff believed it to be a stolen automobile. Theodore R. Abdenour and Federal Insurance Company intervened, claiming that the automobile which Mercer sought to replevin from the sheriff had been previously stolen from Abdenour in Brooklyn, New York, and that Abdenour’s insurance company, Federal, acquired title by bill of sale from Abdenour upon paying…