DIAMOND HOUSING CORPORATION v. ROBINSON

No. 4834, 4864.

257 A.2d 492 (1969)

DIAMOND HOUSING CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant, v. Lena ROBINSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Richard B. Wolf, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge:

Appellant-landlord initiated two successive suits for possession of an unfurnished house leased to appellee-tenant which resulted in judgment in both cases for appellee. In the first suit (Appeal No. 4834), appellant sought possession under a written lease for nonpayment of rent. Appellee raised two defenses to the claim for possession: (1) She had not waived her statutory right of thirty days' notice to quit; and (2) that the written lease was...

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