Conrad v. Pisner

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the trial court awarding plaintiff possession of a dwelling. A jury found that plaintiff sought in good faith to recover possession for the immediate purpose of substantially altering and remodeling the property. The plans for this work had been filed with and approved by the District of Columbia Commissioners before suit was brought, one of the prerequisites for gaining possession under the Rent Act.1

The property, which defendant has leased in its entirety for many years, is a two-story building. She runs a beauty parlor on the…