Legal Opinion
Tatum v. Townsend
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 1948No. 677PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appellee, as landlord, brought suit for possession of a dwelling house in which the two defendants had been operating a rooming house. Landlord’s claim was that -she required possession in order to demolish the building and erect an apartment building on -the lot and on five adjoining lots, and -hence that she came within one o-f the excepting provisions of Section 5 of the Rent Act, D.C. Code 1940, § 45— 1605. There was a verdict in favor of plaintiff, followed by judgment. This ap*479peal has been taken by the tenants who assign three errors.
1. The claim is made that the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- George Moore Ice Cream Co. v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Smallwood v. GallardoSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- American Bonding & Trust Co. v. Gibson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
- City of Trinidad v. HokasonaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
- Grundy v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Ancher v. LambDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- Werber v. AtkinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Frankfurt v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
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