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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HAMILTON NAT. BANK

No. 946.

76 A.2d 60 (1950)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HAMILTON NAT. BANK OF WASHINGTON.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 17, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Jo V. Morgan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

An automobile in which plaintiff, Hamilton National Bank, claimed a secured interest was found abandoned on a public street and was subsequently sold for $180 at a Metropolitan Police auction of abandoned property. This suit was commenced by the Bank to reach the proceeds of the sale. The trial court upheld the Bank's claim and the District of Columbia now appeals.

The automobile in question had been sold under a conditional sale agreement...

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