THORNHILL v. ATLANTIC LIFE INS. CO.

No. 5967.

70 F.2d 846 (1934)

THORNHILL v. ATLANTIC LIFE INS. CO.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided April 16, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harryman Dorsey, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in error.

Jacob Halper, of Washington, D. C., for defendant in error.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


HITZ, Associate Justice.

The plaintiff in error was tenant in possession of a certain house in Washington when it was sold under a deed of trust from her landlord.

The defendant in error was purchaser at that sale, and forthwith filed against the tenant in the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia a summary proceedings for possession under section 225, title 18, D. C. Code, p. 171.

The tenant's affidavit of defense setting up the necessity of...

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