Mahana v. Onyx Acceptance Corp.

PARRISH, Justice:

¶ 1 This appeal arises from a dispute over the rightful ownership of a 1994 Mazda pickup truck. Shortly after purchasing and financing the truck in California, the purchasers disappeared and defaulted on their loan payments. The truck surfaced in Arizona, where it was sold several times. It then made its way to Utah, where nineteen-year-old Chris Mahana purchased it from Rick Warner Toyota. Three years later, after learning that the truck was in Utah, the entity that had financed the original California purchase, Onyx Acceptance Corporation (“Onyx”), hired GLS Recovery…