The Washington herald., 1922-09-26
CHASTLETON Is
SOLD AT AUCTION
:. :. FOR S2,453,75O
Claude S. Hahn, Buyer;
Sale Conducted by
-, NotehOlders.

The Chastleton Apartment Hotel
was sold at public aution yester-
daN for S2.453.T5O to Claude S,
HahR.
The sale. which was held on the
northeast corner Of Sisteenth and }:
strSsts. was conducted by the holj
ers--aS notes under one of the four
deefIs- Of trust which are held
aEsiPst the property. representing
s11IS.750: of the S2,50O.0OO in en-
bT2Rces.
Starting with a bid of $225.O0o IN
eNctSys of the Indebtedness repre-
senIed by the note holders who were
conducting the sale. the bids quickly
rose. finally closing at figure 1885,
900. greater than the Indebtedness.
- Legal Fight Over.
The apartment property has been
the subject Of a legal battle ever
since March %. at which time II
was transferred 20 Mrs. Jessie Ball
duR.alt under the title of the Ma
tional City Development Company
for -Sl50. 900 in cash and 2,100 acres
of land in Montgomery County
MarSl and. subject to the s2,5OO,OOp
ens.uHlbrances.
After the transfer had been made
and. ne land which Mrs. DUPONT had
Eiyep, in exchange had been placed
under the title Of the Potomac Cor
pofation by Felix Lake, the for
ner OWNER of the apartment, Ms
DUPONT asked the sale to be set
aside on the ground that her agent
in. ..the transaction had misled her
Bill Not Answered.
SLEs. diPOnt through her attor-
neys then filed a bill of complaint
with the District courts, but as yet
the defendants, Felix Lake and the
Potomac Corporation, have not filed
any, answer to the complaint
As the result of yesterday sale
of.sthe property by the holders oi
the deed of trust, Mrs DUPONT VIII
be given her Montgomery County
land and the s150.0OO in cash which
she gave in exchange for the equity
of the Chastleton, as well as $4,000
representing the amount of loss IN
operating the building from March
27 to September l. in the event she
is victorious in her legal fight, Lake
the former owner Of the building
having now lost all equity.
Mrs. diPont and the National
CitS Development Company, the
plaintiffs in the case, are repre-
sented by Douglass, Obear and
Douglass, and Jo V. Morgan, while
the defendants. Felix Lake and the
Potomac Corporation. are repre-
sented. respectively, by W. Gynn
representative in Spain.
Mary Shearer, 1910 Devenpor
street northwest. will celebrate he
thiEteenth birthday anniversary oil
october .
Or Francis S. Machen, 1905 Sew
entsenth street northwest, and - L
MAIDEN, 1906 Kansas avenue north
west have returned from a fishini
trip. to New York State.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the st
Cqlumbus Chapel, Episcopal Church
Murdock Mill road. will hold a rum
mage on October 5, 6, and Z.
Raymond G. Moore and mother
112 WoOten avenue. Friendship
Heights. has returned from a mo-
tor "trip to Cumberland, Nd.
The music committee of the Pet
worth Methodist Episcopal Churcl
has, engaged Benjamin Y. Morrison
as. bass sOloist in place of r. Z. Bal
IInEer. resigned.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Gawler anC
family have returned to 3733 Kama
wkas street after three months
spent at their summer home. SNUG
Haven" on the Chesapeake Bay.
John Harvey. chief clerk of tn,
Interior Department. and Mrs. Har
vCN are entertaining the parent,
of Mrs. Harvey. Mr.. and Mrs. \. W
Bailey, of Jacksonville, Tex.
The new Chevy Chase motion the
atsT which has been in the course o.
construction at Connecticut avenu,
an6 Northampton street will b,
ready, for its initial performance
abpIt the LIST Of November. accord
inEttO the officials of the theater
When completed the theater will
seal approximately 1900 persons
and will be the only theater il
Chsvy Chase.
NE secretary of the Chevy Chas,
n TIs NJ