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Judge Wolfe: title to 2014 Buick signed over to plaintiff; court declines to rule on possession or payment
Summary
Cheatham County Circuit Court Judge David D. Wolfe found that a 2014 Buick’s certificate of title had been signed by the vehicle’s registered owner, transferring the title to the plaintiff, but the court made no finding about whether the plaintiff paid the purchase price or is entitled to possession of the car.
CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. — Judge David D. Wolfe ruled Nov. 3 that the certificate of title for a 2014 Buick was signed by Jonathan Friend and therefore that legal title belongs to the vehicle’s claimant, Miss Wells.
The ruling resolved an appeal from General Sessions Court in which Miss Wells sought only the title to the vehicle. In court, Miss Wells testified she paid $2,500 in cash and presented a signed certificate of title she said bore Friend’s signature. Friend testified he had earlier turned the vehicle in as stolen, later recovered and repaired it, and said he never received the $2,500 Miss Wells claims to have paid.
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