Soffos v. Eaton

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, one judge dissenting, which sustained the action of the Municipal Court in dismissing a complaint for malicious prosecution. 39 A.2d 865.

Appellant’s complaint includes substantially the following allegations. Appellee B. M. Eaton leased a house to appellant for use as a dwelling. The rent was after-wards reduced from $63 a month to $55 in order to comply with the Emergency Rent Act. The appellees thereupon brought or instigated four successive suits against appellant to…