Staves v. Johnson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant, hereinafter called the landlord, is the owner of an' eight-unit apartment building, and sued for possession of one of those units, alleging that he sought it in good faith for his immediate and personal use and occupancy as a dwelling. He testified that he lived in a house formerly owned by his mother; that his mother had 'sold the house; that he was compelled to acquire other living quarters; that when he obtained possession of the apartment, his sister and her child, and possibly his mother or another sister, would live with him; that he had no particular…
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