Oaklawn Bank v. Baldwin

Darrell Hickman, Justice,

This is a conversion case. Oaklawn Bank, a Texarkana, Texas bank hired a professional to repossess a pick-up truck from Robert Baldwin, because Baldwin was delinquent in his payments. Baldwin and three others, Ellen Young, Emanuel Baldwin and Carl Baldwin, sued the bank for conversion of personal property which was located in the truck at the time of repossession. The case was tried without a jury. The judge found the bank had wrongfully repossessed the truck and converted the personal property. No award was made to Robert Baldwin, that question being deferred. But a…