Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler-Plymouth, CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH

Docket NºCHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH
Citation491 P.2d 160, 1971 NMSC 112, 83 N.M. 272
Case DateNovember 29, 1971
CourtSupreme Court of New Mexico

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491 P.2d 160
83 N.M. 272
CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
BEAGLES CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH et al., Defendants-Appellants.
No. 9291.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Nov. 29, 1971.

[83 NM 272] Morris Stagner, Clovis, for defendants-appellants.

Rowley, Hammond, Murphy & Rowley, Richard F. Rowley, II, Clovis, Anderson, Edwards & Warnick, Lubbock, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

Appellee, hereinafter referred to as Chrysler Credit, instituted a suit in replevin against appellants, hereinafter referred to as Beagles, for recovery of certain motor vehicles in possession of Beagles under a 'floor plan' financing arrangement with Chrysler Credit. Included in the complaint was a prayer for recovery on notes executed by Beagles, in addition to the replevin action. Certain vehicles were seized under the writ of replevin; other vehicles were not seized for the reason they had been sold to third parties by Beagles; also, other vehicles were in transit. The parties stipulated that the vehicles seized pursuant to the writ of replevin were subsequently sold and the proceeds applied to the indebtedness of Beagles. The trial was held before the court and judgment was granted against Beagles for a deficiency of $11,621.42, plus $165.05 'shrinkage' on 1971 model vehicles which had not been replevied because they had not reached Beagles' possession but were stopped in transit. In addition, the court granted appellee judgment for $36,646.71, being the amount claimed for vehicles disposed of by Beagles to third parties. In addition, accumulated interest, plus storage, was awarded, as well as attorney fees. The sum of the above, less $48.46 allowed as a setoff resulted in a judgment of $57,075.41. Chrysler Credit presented a cost bill which included a bond premium for a replevin bond in the amount of $3,674.00. The court also awarded this amount over the objection of Beagles.

Beagles' claim that the trial court erred and was without jurisdiction to enter judgment assessing damages in favor of Chrysler Credit in excess of that permitted in §

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[83 NM 273] 22--17--1, N.M.S.A. (1953 Comp.). The section referred to reads as follows:

'Any person having a right to the immediate possession of any goods or chattels, wrongfully taken or wrongfully detained, may bring an action of replevin for the recovery thereof and for damages sustained by reason of the unjust caption or detention thereof.'

We have no quarrel with the above statute or its...

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    • United States
    • New Mexico Court of Appeals of New Mexico
    • April 8, 2011
    ...or decision by the district court was fairly invoked[.]” Rule 12–216(A) NMRA; see Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler–Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 (1971) (holding that a “matter not brought to the attention of the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on app......
  • Reule Sun Corp. v. Valles, No. 31
    • United States
    • New Mexico Supreme Court of New Mexico
    • November 23, 2009
    ...decision by the district court was fairly invoked....” Rule 12-216(A) NMRA; see also Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler-Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 (1971) (a “matter not brought to the attention of the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on appeal”). {10......
  • Barreras v. New Mexico Corrections Dept., No. 19907
    • United States
    • New Mexico Supreme Court of New Mexico
    • September 4, 1992
    ...a matter not properly brought before the trial court for the first time on appeal. Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler-Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 For all of the above reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court in its entirety. IT IS SO ORDERED. BACA and FROS......
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    • United States
    • New Mexico Supreme Court of New Mexico
    • November 23, 2009
    ...by the district court was fairly invoked . . . ." Rule 12-216(A) NMRA; see also Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler-Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 (1971) (a "matter not brought to the attention of the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on {10} In ......
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  • Agua Fria Save the Open Space Ass'n v. Rowe, No. 29,402.
    • United States
    • New Mexico Court of Appeals of New Mexico
    • April 8, 2011
    ...or decision by the district court was fairly invoked[.]” Rule 12–216(A) NMRA; see Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler–Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 (1971) (holding that a “matter not brought to the attention of the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on app......
  • Reule Sun Corp. v. Valles, No. 31
    • United States
    • New Mexico Supreme Court of New Mexico
    • November 23, 2009
    ...decision by the district court was fairly invoked....” Rule 12-216(A) NMRA; see also Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler-Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 (1971) (a “matter not brought to the attention of the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on appeal”). {10......
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    • United States
    • New Mexico Supreme Court of New Mexico
    • September 4, 1992
    ...a matter not properly brought before the trial court for the first time on appeal. Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Beagles Chrysler-Plymouth, 83 N.M. 272, 273, 491 P.2d 160, 161 For all of the above reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court in its entirety. IT IS SO ORDERED. BACA and FROS......
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    • United States
    • New Mexico Court of Appeals of New Mexico
    • January 12, 2012
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