Tribbitt v. Crown Contractors, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that in Susco the real issue was whether the owners had in fact been deprived of the incidents of ownership, i.e., whether there had been a breach of custody amounting to a species of conversion or theft
• reversing summary judgment for lessor and car owner where issue remained as to whether driver's use of car amounted to theft or conversion
• reversing summary judgment where affidavits established driver operated vehicle without knowledge and consent of vehicle owner but did not eliminate as genuine issue the question of whether driver's use of vehicle constituted species of conversion or theft
• ‘When control of a vehicle is voluntarily relinquished to another, only a breach of custody amounting to a species of conversion or theft will relieve an owner of responsibility for its use or misuse.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).