Walker v. American Security & Trust Co.

In this action for malicious use of process and abuse of civil process, the only question on appeal is whether or not the lower court erred in granting the motion of the defendants (American Security and Trust Company of Washington, D. C., and Arthur A. Birney) for summary judgment as a matter of law against the plaintiff (Aldace F. Walker) on the ground that there was no genuine dispute as to any material fact.

On the petition of the plaintiff and his sister, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in April 1962, appointed the trust company as conservator of the estate…