Legal Opinion
Williams v. Pearson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 19, 1946No. 439PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
This was a landlord and tenant suit for possession, and is closely related to a suit in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia brought to enforce a covenant prohibiting the sale or rental of several properties to “negroes or colored persons.” On December 10, 1945, a judgment was entered in the District Court case enjoining Florence E. Urciolo from renting, leasing, selling, transferring or conveying several improved lots, including the one involved here, to any negro or colored person. An appeal from that judgment was taken to the United…
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