Southern General Insurance v. Auto Transformation, Inc.

Cooper, Judge.

In June 1989, a car owned by Chandra Duplantis and insured by appellant was stolen and damaged. When the car was recovered, Duplantis contacted appellee to have the car towed to appellee’s place of business for an estimate of the cost of repairs. Appellee towed the car, prepared an estimate and has since stored the car at its place of business. In August 1989, appellant elected to pay Duplantis $3,841, rep resenting the actual cash value of the car. On October 3, 1989, Duplantis transferred title to the car to appellant; and on October 9, 1989, appellee filed a mechanics’ lien…