Legal Opinion
Glennon v. Butler
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 19, 1949No. 785PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
We are again called upon to decide whether the purchaser of a' cooperative apartment desiring it for his personal occupancy may under our local Rent Act1 obtain a judgment of eviction against a tenant in possession thereof.
In an earlier case we held that one who had purchased an apartment in a cooperative building was a “landlord” under the Rent Act, coming under the classification of “owner, lessor, sublessor, or other person entitled to receive rent” and as such was entitled to maintain a suit for possession of the apartment for his own personal use. Hicks v. Bigelow,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Hicks v. BigelowDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Germaine v. CramerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Moses v. BossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
- Abbot v. BraloveDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1948
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3Cited by6 opinions
- 1915 16TH ST. CO-OP. ASS'N v. PinkettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Abbot v. BraloveCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Snowden v. Benning Heights Cooperative, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Kahn v. WallDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- 1915 16TH ST. CO-OP. ASS'N v. PinkettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
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