Legal Opinion

Irving v. District of Columbia

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 16, 1995No. 93-CV-1205Published

1Opinion of the Court

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant challenges a trial court order requiring the District of Columbia to issue a tax deed to Verna Robinson for a piece of real property which Mrs. Robinson and her late husband purchased in a 1986 tax sale. Appellant claims that the trial court erred because the Robinsons’ interest in the property had been extinguished following a “bid-off’ of the same property by the District of Columbia at a tax sale in 1987. Alternatively, appellant argues that the Robinsons’ claim to a tax deed is barred by the Probate Reform Act, by equitable principles, and by due process…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Malone v. RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. Industrial Bank v. SheveDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1969
  3. Massie v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Gray Properties, Inc. v. Walter N. Tobriner, Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and George J. TriversCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966

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