Legal Opinion
Brown v. Cohen
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1986No. 84-832PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
Appellants-plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their suit for lack of prosecution under Super.Ct.Civ.R. 41(b). Because they failed to take any action for forty-five months and the record fails to indicate any meritorious explanation for their inaction, we affirm.
I
Appellants (Brown) 1 .are the owners of real property adjoining the Vanguard Building, which is owned by the appellees (Cohen). 2 Brown sued Cohen on November 16, 1979, for damages as a result of. a concealed subterranean encroachment of the Vanguard Building onto Brown’s property and for maintaining a private…
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