SPAR v. OBWOYA

Nos. 10024 and 10081.

369 A.2d 173 (1977)

Rose SPAR and Lustine Realty Company, Inc., Appellants, v. Emmanuel S. O. OBWOYA, Appellee. Emmanuel S. O. OBWOYA, Appellant, v. Rose SPAR and Lustine Realty Company, Inc., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Olender, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 10081 and appellee in No. 10024.

Reid C. Tait, Washington, D. C., with whom James C. Gregg and David M. Moore, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants in No. 10024 and appellees in No. 10081.

Before FICKLING, KERN and MACK, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

On the afternoon of August 11, 1971, Emmanuel Obwoya, a national of Uganda, and a student at a local university, entered the 22-unit apartment building on 13th Street in which he lived with another student. As he walked up the stairs in the common hallway, after checking his mailbox in the vestibule, he heard the front entrance door of the building close. Immediately thereafter he saw a stranger who greeted him with a "Hi". This unidentified...

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