Legal Opinion
Leeks v. Leeks
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 27, 1989No. 85-835PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
This case arises from a protracted dispute between a grandmother, Maybell Leeks, and her grandchildren, Lavinia and Dwight Leeks, concerning the ownership of residential property, and was first before this court in 1974. Leeks v. Leeks, 316 A.2d 859 (D.C.1974) {Leeks I). In the latest of a series of rulings made over the last decade, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Lavinia and Dwight Leeks, decreeing that they held an undivided two-thirds interest in the property, the remaining one-third interest held by May-bell Leeks in fee simple as a result of…
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