BATTER v. DIXON

No. 2878.

177 A.2d 893 (1962)

Carl J. BATTER, Appellant, v. Elva Mae Burton DIXON, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Collins, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee, but filed no brief.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and MYERS, Associate Judge of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.


QUINN, Associate Judge.

In this action before the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Municipal Court, appellant sought possession of certain premises occupied by appellee, under claim that the right thereto had been "surrendered" to him by the corporate landlord. When the case was called for trial, appellee moved to stay the proceedings on the ground that an earlier suit, also involving the right of possession of the premises in question, between this corporate landlord...

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