Ganss v. Goldenberg

This case is before us on a motion to dismiss the appeal. Appellee, Moses Goldenberg, plaintiff below, brought a landlord and tenant proceeding in the municipal court of the District of Columbia, in which a judgment was rendered in his favor. Appellant appealed to the supreme court of the District. Within time appellee filed, under rule 19 of the common-law rules of that court, an affidavit of merit, to which appellant answered by an affidavit of defense. Appellee moved for judgment on the ground of the insufficiency of the affidavit of defense. The record discloses that, when the motion was…