Legal Opinion
Penny v. Penny
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1989No. 86-1655PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
Louise Penny appeals the denial of her motion to dismiss a possessory action filed by Mary Penny, her daughter, in the Landlord and Tenant Branch and an order requiring Louise to pay a monthly undertaking in the amount of $1,000 under Super.Ct. L & T R. 5(c).1 We hold that an undertaking order entered upon interposition of a plea of title in a suit for possession in the Landlord and Tenant Branch is subject to interlocutory appeal. We find that there was no evidentiary basis for setting the amount of the undertaking at $1,000 and therefore, we vacate the under*588taking…
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- McNeal v. HabibDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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