Legal Opinion
Brown v. Haas
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1950No. 885PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict in a suit for rent overcharges against a landlord, Code 1940, Supp. VII, § 45 — 1610(a), and on a counterclaim against the tenants, for unpaid rent. The jury rendered a verdict for the tenants in the amount of $3,120 and for the landlord in the amount of $175.36, or a net amount for the tenants of .$2,944.64. 1 The landr lord appeals.
The suit was based upon a claim that an apartment in a rooming house had been rented by the tenants, husband and wife, at an agreed rental of $80 a month, $40, to be paid in cash and $40…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nickel v. ScottDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- James v. GreenbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
3Cited by4 opinions
- District of Columbia v. BarriteauDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Gibson Ex Rel. GibsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Taylor v. JamesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Tillman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953