Huettner v. Savings Bank of Baltimore

This is an appeal from the judgment for costs entered by the lower court following the direction of a verdict in favor of The Savings Bank of Baltimore (defendant-appellee) in a suit brought by Clarence J. Huettner (plaintiff-appellant) for the conversion of an automobile purchased by the plaintiff-appellant but subsequently repossessed by the defendant-appellee.

The basic issue is whether the defendant had a right to repossess the automobile from the plaintiff. The appellant (usually hereinafter referred to as the purchaser) contends that the repossession by the appellee (usually hereinafter…