SMITH v. WARREN PETROLEUM CORPORATION

No. 1872.

126 A.2d 152 (1956)

Daniel SMITH, Appellant, v. WARREN PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., with whom James Shenos, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

William P. McClure, Washington, D. C., with whom Girard R. Jetton, Jr., Arthur C. Elgin and Carl G. Engling, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal is by a tenant from a judgment awarding possession of the leased premises to his landlord. Suit was brought and judgment awarded on the ground that the tenant had violated a covenant of the lease requiring the tenant to pay certain utility charges, in default of which the landlord was entitled to cancel and terminate the lease. The trial court found that "the failure of defendant (tenant...

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