Legal Opinion
Milton Properties, Inc. v. Newby
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1983No. 82-51PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Milton Properties, Inc., appeals the dismissal for want of prosecution of its landlord and tenant possessory action against Geraldine Newby, the judgment on the merits rendered against it on appellee-ten-ant’s counterclaim, and the partial summary judgment awarded tenant on the issue of the maximum lawful rent. These actions resulted from appellant-landlord’s counsel’s failure to appear in court for jury trial on the complaint and the counterclaim on November 24, 1981. We hold that although the trial judge did not abuse his discretion initially in dismissing the…
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