Owens v. Liff

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

This appeal involves the right to possession of an apartment in Naylor Gardens, a large development in southeast Washington, which was built originally by a United States government agency and subsequently sold to Veterans Cooperative Housing Association. Appellee Liff has resided in the project as a tenant since May 1943 and desires to continue to live there. Appellant Owens is a member of Veterans Cooperative and filed suit under that section of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act which permits a landlord (in the absence of a valid lease) to gain possession…