Legal Opinion
Graham v. Bernstein
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 18, 1987No. 86-171PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellants are tenants of an apartment building on Harvard Street, N.W., owned by Howard and Maxine Bernstein. Because they were losing money on the building, the Bernsteins decided to evict the tenants and remove the building from the rental housing market. When the tenants resisted eviction, the landlords sued each tenant in the Superior Court to gain possession of his or her apartment. After the cases were consolidated, the landlords prevailed in every case but one, in which judgment was entered for the tenant. We hold that the landlords improperly served the notices…
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