BECKWITH v. KLEIN

No. 1272.

93 A.2d 283 (1952)

BECKWITH et al. v. KLEIN.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

As Corrected December 30, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josiah Lyman, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Ruffin A. Brantley, Asst. General Counsel, Washington, D. C., for Robert F. Cogswell, Administrator of Rent Control, intervenor.

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

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

When the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of December 2, 1941, as amended and extended, was again amended and extended by the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951, it was provided that a landlord could obtain possession of housing accommodations if: "The landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession for the immediate purpose of discontinuing the housing use and occupancy for a continuous period of not less than six months...

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