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JACKSON v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION

No. 2134.

140 A.2d 699 (1958)

Earnest A. JACKSON, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Leckemby, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

James E. Shifflette, Washington, D. C., with whom Norman E. Sill, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee.

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

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant brought this suit seeking both compensatory and punitive damages for an alleged unlawful repossession of his automobile by appellee. At the conclusion of his evidence the court directed a verdict for appellee and this appeal followed.

In March 1955 appellant purchased a new car from a local dealer under a conditional sales contract. The terms of the agreement provided that appellant...

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