Jeanie Blanks v. Roland Fowler, T/a J. Edward Fowler and Son

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Respondent, the rental agent for petitioner’s landlord, sued in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions to regain possession of an apartment under lease to petitioner. Respondent’s allegation that rent was due and unpaid — the basis for the suit — was countered by petitioner’s answer claiming violations of the Housing Regulations, 1 and by her demand for a jury trial. Before trial was reached, however, respondent served on petitioner a notice to quit 2 and, when petitioner disregarded the notice, brought a second suit for possession.…