Legal Opinion
Burns v. Harvey
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 13, 1987No. 86-353PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Linda Burns, a landlord, filed suit for possession of an apartment alleging that the tenant, Cardelia Harvey, had failed to vacate the premises pursuant to the tenant’s own oral notice of intention to quit. The landlord also sought double rent for the period the tenant occupied the premises after the effective date of the tenant’s alleged notice. D.C.Code § 45-1407 (1986 Replacement). After a bench trial, the court entered judgment for the tenant on the ground that the tenant effectively had withdrawn her notice of intention to quit the premises. The court also ruled…
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