Picking v. Carbonaro

MYERS, Associate Judge.

A fire occurred in a furnished room of a rooming house operated by appellants and occupied by appellee. The roomer sued his landlords in the Municipal Court for property loss and personal injuries. Later the landlords filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia *429for property damage sustained from the fire which they allege was caused by the roomer’s negligence. That suit was certified to the Municipal Court and became a counterclaim in the suit brought by appel-lee. The two cases were submitted to a jury which returned a verdict of $100…