Legal Opinion
Lingo v. Wolfe
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1944No. 171PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge.
Appeal by plaintiff from an adverse judgment in a landlord and tenant action involving rooming-house property.
A former owner had leased the property to one Davis, who with the owner’s consent had assigned the lease to defendant in October 1941. Defendant availed herself of a renewal clause in the lease, and the renewal term expired on January 31, 1943. Some three months before such expiration, plaintiff bought the property. Defendant held over after the lease expired, paid rent, and became a tenant at sufferance.1
The lease authorized the use of the property as a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bowles v. WillinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bowles v. American Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Gould v. ButlerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Myers v. H. L. Rust Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1943
- Hall v. Henry J. Robb, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Heindrich v. Dimas-ArutiDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
- White v. AllanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Woods v. Rosefay Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1948