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COLUMBIA FINANCE COMPANY v. WORTHY

No. 2088.

141 A.2d 185 (1958)

COLUMBIA FINANCE COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Ruth WORTHY, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 5, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour Korn, Washington, D. C., with whom Samuel Barker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Andrew W. Carroll, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

ROVER, Chief Judge.

A jury awarded the plaintiff in this action compensatory and punitive damages for the unlawful repossession of her automobile. Defendant, Columbia Finance, appeals from the judgment entered on these verdicts, contesting the submission of the issues on damages to the jury.

In August 1956 plaintiff obtained a loan of $425 from Columbia Finance, for which she executed a note secured by a chattel mortgage...

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