PERNELL v. SOUTHALL REALTY

No. 6022.

294 A.2d 490 (1972)

Dave PERNELL, Appellant, v. SOUTHALL REALTY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman C. Barnett, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

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

Before Reilly, Chief Judge, KERN, Associate Judge, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.


REILLY, Chief Judge:

This appeal by a tenant from a judgment rendered in favor of a landlord in a suit for possession of real property occupied by appellant under a written lease — a statutory proceeding authorized by D.C.Code 1967, § 16-1501 — raises the issue of whether a party to such a suit is entitled to a jury trial. For more than a year, trial judges sitting in the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Superior Court have taken conflicting positions...

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