Legal Opinion
Entrepreneur, Ltd. v. Yasuna
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 27, 1985No. 82-616PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
This is an action for possession of the premises at 2140 Cathedral Ave., N.W., based on an alleged forfeiture of the contract of lease by tenant-appellant’s breach of a lease covenant, and for a declaration that the option to purchase granted tenant by the lease is null and void. A jury returned a verdict for the landlord and assessed $24,000 in damages against the tenant, and the trial court entered an order finding the option void. We hold that notwithstanding any default under the lease, the extreme sanction of forfeiture of the lease for any such default is not…
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