Legal Opinion
De Grazia v. Anderson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 10, 1948No. 701PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
A tenant brings this appeal from a judgment of possession based on a verdict directed against him on his opening statement.1 The property involved is a barber shop of which defendant had been a tenant for many years. Plaintiff sued for possession based on a notice to quit and alleged that defendant was a tenant at sufferance, and such was the claim, plaintiff’s counsel made in his opening statement. Defense counsel, in his opening statement to the jury, said, in part:
“We propose to show that in July of 1946 Mr. Anderson came to the tenant, Mr. DeGrazio, and wanted to raise…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Townsend v. VanderwerkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Hornblower v. George Washington UniversityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1908
- Mitchell v. DavidDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Amberger & Wohlfarth, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Patrick v. HardistyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Rosenkoff v. FinkelsteinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Morgan v. Suburban Nat. BankDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952