Deschenes v. McFerren

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Plaintiffs brought suit against defendants claiming $1,500 as the reasonable value for use and occupancy of, or damages for trespass to, real property owned by them in the District of Columbia. From a finding and judgment in their favor for $1,170, defendants appeal.

The pertinent facts as found by the trial court are as follows: Plaintiffs Richard McFerren and his wife Margaret owned property known as 415 Brandywine Street, S.E., as tenants by the entireties. In January 1950 Margaret was adjudicated of unsound mind and committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital. She was…