Collins v. GULF FURNITURES STORES, INC.

Carolyn Jeanette Collins appeals from the trial court's summary judgment for Gulf Furniture Stores, Inc., on her claims that Gulf Furniture trespassed and breached the peace while repossessing a gas range and vacuum cleaner that she had purchased on an installment payment plan. Collins does not dispute that she had defaulted on the payments.

Although Collins was not at home at the time of repossession, employees of Gulf Furniture entered her rented home with permission from her minor son and took possession of the range and vacuum cleaner from a storage closet in Collins's bedroom. Collins's…