ANCHER v. LAMB

No. 1172.

86 A.2d 533 (1952)

ANCHER v. LAMB.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John F. Hillyard, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff sued for possession of two adjoining houses which defendant had been operating as rooming houses. The basis of his claim was that as authorized by the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, Code 1940, Supp. VII, § 45-1605(b)(4), he wished possession for the purpose of demolishing the two houses and replacing them with new construction. A jury gave plaintiff a verdict for possession and...

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