WASHINGTON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 8420.

330 A.2d 525 (1974)

Othello WASHINGTON and Ellen P. Washington, Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Werner Strupp, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Benjamin W. Dulany, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

The sole issue on this appeal is whether appellants were liable for legal expenses incurred by the appellee in an action by the federal government to enforce a tax lien on appellants' real property.

The operative facts are not in dispute. Othello and Ellen P. Washington (appellants) were the owners of certain land in Loudoun County, Virginia, known as "Old Thrift Farm". Sometime in January 1956, appellants borrowed from the...

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