Legal Opinion
Voulgaris v. Press
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 15, 1955No. 1659PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appellant Voulgaris operated a restaurant in property which he held under a ten-year lease. Early in 1954, when the lease had run some eight years, District of Columbia officials served a condemnation notice on the owners, requiring them to make extensive repairs .to the building or demolish it. The owners made the required repairs and for the three months the work was in progress, commencing in June 1954, lessee suspended the operation of his restaurant business. He paid rent for those month's and then brought suit against the lessors to recover the amounts paid. The…
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