Lehker v. Joyce
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Action by Elizabeth Moore Joyce, begun in the municipal court, to-recover from Mrs. G. H. Lehker possession of certain described premises. From a judgment of the Supreme Court, after appeal to that court, for the landlord, the tenant appeals. .
1Opinion of the Court
SMYTH, Chief Justice.
Joyce instituted an action in the municipal court to recover from Lehker possession of certain described premises and obtained a judgment awarding her what she sought. Lehker brought the case to the Supreme Court of the District for a trial de novo, docketing it and causing summons to be served on Joyce on the 12th of March. Joyce, attempting to avail herself of the nineteenth rule, filed her affidavit of merit on the 25th of March, and prayed for judgment. The affidavit states, among other things, that Lehker in the municipal court challenged the sufficiency of the…
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