Legal Opinion

Olessoff v. Osbourn

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 28, 1946No. 379PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment rendered in her suit for possession of dwelling property.

Plaintiff testified that in August 1945 she and her husband purchased premises 1713 Lamont Street, Northwest; that her husband died a month later; that she intended to occupy the premises as a home for her personal use; that she now lives in a single room; that her sister and her sister’s husband would live with her there; that her sister and husband had lived at their present address for twenty years. On cross-examination plaintiff testified that a friend of hers had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Staves v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  2. Gould v. ButlerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Arsenault v. AngleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  4. Heindrich v. Dimas-ArutiDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
  5. Downs v. KarshDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dewey v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  2. McSweeney v. WilsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
  3. McMahon v. WeinerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. Dant v. ForsytheDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
  5. Dewey v. ClarkDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949

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