Derrick v. Salus

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

This was a suit for double the amount of alleged rental overcharges. The action was brought under the District of Columbia Rent Act, which though it expired July 31, 1953, provided for the survival of claims of this kind. Code 1951, Supp. III, § 45-1601; Jeziorski v. Hollod, D.C.Mun.App., 106 A.2d 698. The defense was that there had never been a landlord-tenant relationship between the parties and that all payments made by plaintiff were under a contract by which she had ■ agreed to buy an apartment on a cooperative basis. The trial court found for defendants and plaintiff…