Sponaugle v. Universal Acceptance Corp.

QUINN, Judge:

On March 30, 1960, appellant’s husband signed a conditional sales contract for the purchase of an automobile. At the same time both he and appellant signed a promissory note, payable to Bill Hall Motors, Inc., which was subsequently negotiated to ap-pellee. The transaction occurred in Virginia.

Following a default in payments on the note, suit was filed in the District of Columbia on November 27, 1961, against appellant and her husband. The couple had been separated for about a year and only Mr. Sponaugle was served at this time. In December he confessed judgment and in June 1962…