Kresge v. Crowley
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal, specially allowed, from orders in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia overruling a motion to dismiss a bill in equity to enjoin the prosecution of a landlord and tenant proceeding in the Municipal Court for the possession of certain real estate.
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Hearing on an appeal, specially allowed, from orders in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia overruling a motion to dismiss a bill in equity to enjoin the prosecution of a landlord and tenant proceeding in the Municipal Court for the possession of certain real estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is a special appeal from orders in the supreme, court of the District overruling a motion to dismiss appellee’s bill to restrain appellant, Sebastian S. Kresge, from the prosecution of a landlord and tenant proceeding instituted by him in the municipal court to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
Under sec. 492 of the Code [81 Stat. at L. 1267, chap. 854], no estate of inheritance or for a longer term than one year may “be created or take effect except by deed signed and sealed by the grantor, lessor, or declarant.” Under sec. 498 no deeds of conveyance of either real or personal estate by individuals may be executed or acknowledged by attorney. Section 1116 [31 Stat. at L. 1367, chap. 854] provides that every estate in land for a greater term than one year, attempted to be created by parol or otherwise than by deed as above specified, “shall be an estate by sufferance.”
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