MARCERON v. CHEVY CHASE SERVICES, INC.

No. 14199.

258 F.2d 155 (1958)

Mabel L. MARCERON, Appellant, v. CHEVY CHASE SERVICES, INC., a corporation, trading as Chevy Chase Funeral Home, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick Stohlman, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Clarence G. Pechacek and George H. Beuchert, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the construction of the provisions of a lease providing for adjustment of rental by appraisal upon renewal. In 1945, Adams and Betts became interested in appellant's house and tract as a site for their proposed funeral home. The tract occupied the northeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Garrison Street, N. W. Since zoning laws precluded operation of a funeral home with frontage on Garrison Street, it was proposed during negotiations...

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