Legal Opinion
Curry v. Dunbar House, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 3, 1976No. 7331, 7332PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
These are consolidated appeals from two orders of the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Civil Division of the Superior Court entered in possessory actions for nonpayment of rent. The cases arose from a combination of (1) housing code violations, and (2) the sale of the apartment house, with the new owner quite logically neither seeking to evict all existing tenants nor being able to obtain immediately the requisite governmental licenses.
In December 1972, the landlord, Dunbar House, filed suits for possession for nonpayment of rent against the appellants in our No.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Brown v. Southall Realty CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Diamond Housing Corporation v. RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- William J. Davis, Inc. v. SladeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
- Winchester Management Corp. v. StatenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Hallowell v. CitaramanisCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1991
- District of Columbia v. ReidDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Killingham v. Wilshire Investments Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
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