ROCK CREEK GARDENS TENANTS v. FERGUSON

No. 14035.

404 A.2d 972 (1979)

ROCK CREEK GARDENS TENANTS ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. A. M. and L. A. FERGUSON, Trustees, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elkanah J. Burns, Washington, D. C., with whom William Walsh, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

John G. Carleton, Richard W. Luchs, Washington, D. C., with whom Ward H. Oehmann, Richard A. Hauser, and Susan R. Goodman, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs for appellees.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a voluntary unincorporated association of tenants, seeks reversal of the trial court's dismissal of its complaint. The question presented to us on appeal is one of first impression in this court. The issue is whether a voluntary unincorporated association has the legal capacity to hold title to real estate within the meaning of § 602(b) of the Rental Housing Act of 1977.1 Finding that appellant does not have...

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