Washington Realty Co. v. Harding

HOOD, Associate Judge.

The appellant brought an action for possession of real estate, alleging in its complaint that the tenant was violating an obligation of her tenancy by subletting part of the leased premises. At the trial plaintiff introduced evidence that defendant’s tenancy commenced in 1939 under a lease which had since been assigned to plaintiff and that defendant had paid rent to the plaintiff following such assignment, thereby acknowledging the landlord and tenant relationship. The president of plaintiff corporation testified that, upon assuming the managership of the property in…