Legal Opinion
Williams v. Dudley Trust Foundation
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 18, 1996No. 93-CV-116PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
Appellant Gary Williams entered into an installment land contract to purchase residential property from the Dudley Trust Foundation (“Seller”). When he stopped making the monthly interest payments because of alleged latent defects, the Seller filed a complaint against him for possession. Judgment was entered against him after a bench trial in the Landlord & Tenant Branch of the trial court. On appeal he: (1) challenges the jurisdiction of the Landlord & Tenant branch to adjudicate a counterclaim involving breach of an installment land contract, and a claim for possession…
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