JOHNSON v. HAWKINS

No. 1048.

81 A.2d 467 (1951)

JOHNSON v. HAWKINS.

Municipal Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

June 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William P. Bell, Washington, D. C. (John C. Poole and Dudley G. Skinker, Washington, D. C. on the brief), for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Suing for possession of an apartment a landlord alleged non-payment of rent for the months of June through September 1950. He did not seek a money judgment for such rent in arrears. Tenant filed an answer and counterclaim alleging that he owed nothing except September rent and that this had not been paid because he had a claim for statutory double damages based on rent overcharges during a 15½ months period and based also on a failure to...

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