CARAVEL OFFICE BUILDING CO. v. PERUVIAN AIR ATTACHE

No. 9185.

347 A.2d 280 (1975)

CARAVEL OFFICE BUILDING COMPANY, a limited partnership, and Clifford J. Hynning, Appellants, v. The PERUVIAN AIR ATTACHE, currently Major General Victor Valequec, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 23, 1975.

As Amended January 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford J. Hynning, entered an appearance for Caravel Office Building Co.

No appearance was entered for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and KERN, Associate Judges.


REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal by lessors of a Connecticut Avenue office building from an order of the Superior Court dismissing an action against the Peruvian Air Attache for breach of a lease. Dismissal was predicated upon a finding that both defendants, the Air Attache and the Ambassador of Peru, as accredited diplomats, were immune from suit under the provisions of §§ 252-254 of Title 22 of the United States Code.1

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