Davis v. Winfield

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in an action for breach of contract, entered in the Small Claims Branch of the Superior Court. Appellant raises three claims of error. We hold that two of them are meritorious, and thus we reverse the judgment and remand this case for a new trial, or for such other proceedings as may be appropriate.

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Appellant Davis owns a three-bedroom house on Fifth Street, N.W. In late June 1988 appellees George Winfield, Austin Win-field, and Shawn McCurdy each submitted to Mrs. Davis rental applications which communicated their joint intent to rent…