Legal Opinion
Washington v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1974No. 8420PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge,
Retired:
The sole issue on this appeal is whether appellants were liable for legal expenses incurred by the appellee in an action by the federal government to enforce a tax lien on appellants’ real property.
The operative facts are not in dispute. Othello and Ellen P. Washington (appellants) were the owners of certain land in Loudoun County, Virginia, known as “Old Thrift Farm”. Sometime in January 1956, appellants borrowed from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (appellee) $24,000. The debt was evidenced by appellants’ promissory note payable to appellee in…
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- Gagnon v. WrightDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
- Kirschner v. KlavikDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Kerr v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Stull v. HarveySupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
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