TANKO v. COLLIER

No. 3123.

187 A.2d 700 (1963)

E. Jo TANKO and Ella Jo Kirkpatrick, Appellants, v. Carl J. COLLIER and Arlene Collier, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. Sacks, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Frank B. Tavenner, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

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


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellees, occupants of a single room in appellants' house, sued the latter alleging (1) unlawful eviction without notice and (2) damages to personal property as a result of the negligent acts of appellants in the course of the eviction. Separate damages were asked on each ground. In defense appellants asserted that appellees were "roomers" or "lodgers," not tenants entitled to statutory notice, and denied any carelessness in lawfully dispossessing...

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