RELIABLE HOME APPLIANCES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 3865.

219 A.2d 501 (1966)

RELIABLE HOME APPLIANCES, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a municipal corporation, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., with whom Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Blaine P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., and Harry P. Friedlander, Arlington, Va., were on the brief, for appellant.

Ronald L. Lenkin, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Henry E. Wixon, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


MYERS, Associate Judge.

In October 1961 appellant corporation purchased a tract of land in the District of Columbia on which there was an old, four-story frame dwelling, the residence of the then owner. Earlier the structure had been used as a rooming house, but, because it did not meet prescribed standards of safety and sanitation, the District government had forbidden its further use for this purpose. After appellant acquired the property, which previously had been...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases