Legal Opinion
Surratt v. Real Estate Exchange, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 1950No. 954PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
Plaintiff sued for possession of the upper apartment of a two-family dwelling which it had purchased at a foreclosure sale. Defendants, who had previously owned the property but had defaulted on a second trust note, personally reside in the only apartment involved in the present appeal. They resisted eviction solely on the ground that under Code 1940, § 45— 822, when the deed of trust was foreclosed, they automatically became “tenants at will” of plaintiff, the purchaser, and that by reason of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, Code 1940, Supp. VII, § 45 —…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Da Costa v. Hamilton Republican ClubNew York Supreme Court · 1946
- Pfalzgraf v. VosoNew York Supreme Court · 1945
- Home Savings Bank v. HunterNew York Supreme Court · 1943
- Long Branch Banking Co. v. HowlandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
- Green Point Savings Bank v. LefkowitzNew York Supreme Court · 1945
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Taylor v. DeanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
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