ZIEG v. U.S.

No. 87-2693.

849 F.2d 898 (1988)

Kermit C. ZIEG, Jr.; Patricia Sturgis, (deceased), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; Small Business Administration, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin McCormick (Crossland, Shilling & McCormick, P.C., Springfield, Va., Michael J. Goergen, Washington, D.C., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paula M. Potoczak, Asst. U.S. Atty., Wayne T. Baucino, Third Year Law Student (Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Kermit Zieg brought this suit for himself and on behalf of the estate of his wife under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and § 2671 et seq., alleging that the government converted certain chattel paper belonging to him. The district court held that Zieg's security interest in the chattel paper was not perfected, hence no conversion arose because the government's interest was prior. We affirm.

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