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Repossession
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Melon Repo
When Jackie L. Eley's pickup truck
was repossessed, she lost more than her ride. The 130 watermelons in the
truck bed also were in the truck at the time of repossession.
Revenge, though, has been sweet.
The state Court of Appeals has ruled the repo firm must pay Eley $1,365 --
three times the melons' value -- plus legal fees.
Eley's truck was repossessed July 29, 2002, on a 98-degree day.
The repo men refused to let her unload the melons. Two days later, the
company demanded she remove the rotten melons, and Eley refused.
"They were their melons then," she testified.
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