Albert Properties, Inc. v. Watkins

Banke, Judge.

This is a dispossessory proceeding brought by the plaintiff/appellant against the defendant/appellee for failure to pay rent. The defendant answered and filed a counterclaim for actual and punitive damages, alleging malicious interference with his possession of the premises. Following a nonjury trial, the judge issued findings of fact and conclusions of law, denied the plaintiffs application for writ of possession, and awarded the defendant $100 nominal damages and $500 punitive damages pursuant to the counterclaim. This appeal followed.

1. There is no merit in the plaintiffs…