Manogue v. Heilbroner

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, the owner of a three-story house, sued defendant for possession of a two-room basement apartment. Her demand for possession was based on the claim that she required the apartment for her immediate and personal use as authorized by the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Control Act. Code 1940, Supp. VI, 45 — 1605(b) (2).

Plaintiff’s physician testified that she was suffering from “paralysis agitans, an ailment for which medical science has not discovered a cure.” He went on to say, “‘This .disease causes plaintiff to tremble and shake continually and to become…