Willson v. McDonnell
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Landlord and tenant proceeding by Curtis C. McDonnell against Hannah T. Willson, instituted in municipal court. From a judgment of tire Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District for the plaintiff, appellee here, under law rule 19 of that court, in a landlord and tenant proceeding instituted in the municipal court..
*433According to the averments of the declaration, plaintiff was a bona fide purchaser of the premises in question, necessarily required them for his own occupancy, and had given legal notice to the tenant to that effect. The defendant, in her affidavit of defense, denied that plaintiff necessarily required the premises for his own occupancy, and demanded a jury trial.
Appellee…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Callan v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Wight v. DavidsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. v. Union Bank of GeorgetownU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · 1830
3Cited by6 opinions
- Hirsh v. BlockDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1920
- Purman v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1919
- Groot v. ReillyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1919
- Brown v. DouglassDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1943
- Heitmuller v. StokesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1920
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