Legal Opinion
Morning Star Lodge No. 40 v. Harris
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 1952No. 1271PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
■CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Two suits were presented to the trial court, one by a landlord for possession for non-payment of rent and the other by a tenant against the landlord for statutory rent overcharges. They were consolidated for trial.
Since there was no dispute that the rent was unpaid the controversy centered around the question as to whether there had been an overcharge. Two defenses were presented to that charge: (1) that defendant (owner of the premises) was merely an undisclosed principal; and (2) that because new housing accommodations had been created there was no violation of any…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Dunning v. Randall H. Hagner & Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Janifer v. WernerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
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