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DIST. OF COLUMBIA v. FRANKLIN INV. CO.

No. 14178.

404 A.2d 536 (1979)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. FRANKLIN INVESTMENT CO., INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Louis P. Robbins, Acting Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Bernard D. Lipton, Silver Spring, Md., for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents a single issue: whether a chattel mortgagee's security interest in an automobile prevails over the District of Columbia's interest in obtaining payment of the registered owner's unpaid parking tickets. Franklin Investment Co., Inc. (appellee) paid the outstanding tickets under protest in order to repossess the automobile and then sued the District for a refund in Small Claims court.1 The...

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