Legal Opinion
Weisman v. Middleton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 14, 1978No. 9473, 9502PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
The Weismans (hereinafter the landlords) seek to overturn a judgment awarding Middleton (hereinafter the tenant) damages of $2,196.25 for malicious prosecution. The tenant cross-appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in directing a verdict in favor of the landlords on four of the six counts in the tenant’s complaint. We find error in the directing of a verdict on a single count of malicious prosecution, and remand for a new trial on that count.
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Malqueen Middleton was a tenant in an apartment house owned by the Weismans. The tenant wrote the landlords a letter and…
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3Cited by58 opinions
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