Lofchie v. Washington Square Ltd. Partnership
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Lofchie, the tenant, appeals from a decision of the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Superior Court granting ap-pellee Washington Square Limited Partnership, the landlord, a money judgment for rent and interest. Lofchie principally argues that the money judgment is invalid because he was not personally served with the complaint. He also contends that Washington Square, a partnership, lacked the capacity to sue him in the partnership’s name. We reject both arguments and affirm the judgment.
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On May 1, 1985, Judd Lofchie and Robert Dumas leased Suite 1210 in an…
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