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NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING v. B & L AUTO BODY

Record No. 900569.

400 S.E.2d 512 (1991)

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING EMPLOYEES' CREDIT UNION, INC. v. B & L AUTO BODY, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimber L. White, Newport News (James A. Howard, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Donald Bennis (Carlton F. Bennett, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellee B & L Auto Body, Inc.

No brief or argument for appellee Lawrence Cooper.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

Code § 43-34 authorizes certain lienors to enforce their liens by sale of personal property at public auction for cash. In this appeal, we consider the validity of such a sale held to satisfy the lien of a bailee of a motor vehicle.

In October 1987, appellant Newport News Shipbuilding Employees' Credit Union, Inc., approved a loan to appellee Lawrence Cooper in the sum of $11,995 to finance the full purchase price of a 1985 Buick automobile...

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