Beck v. Bechtel Hotels, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
This appeal results from an effort to evict two sisters from occupancy of two rooms in the Stratford Hotel. A verdict in favor of the hotel and against the two sisters was awarded (by a jury in the trial court and from the judgment on that verdict they prosecute this appeal.
The hotel was constructed in 1930 and organized on what was called a “semi-cooperative” basis in that a certain amount of the financing was done by the. sale of stock to men and women, mostly employed by the government. It was represented in a prospectus that “Each person purchasing 3 shares of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tamamian v. GabbardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Mendoza v. SymeCity of New York Municipal Court · 1945
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- Reese v. WellsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1950