DAVIS v. RENTAL ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 80-180.

456 A.2d 820 (1983)

Estelle DAVIS, Appellant, v. RENTAL ASSOCIATES, INC., t/a Federal Finance Realty, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Scheuermann, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Kenneth J. Loewinger, Washington, D.C., with whom Lisa J. Dessel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY, KERN, NEBEKER, HARRIS, MACK, FERREN, PRYOR and BELSON, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

The court, sitting en banc, is called upon to determine whether the trial court is empowered to strike a tenant's pleadings and enter judgment of possession in favor of the landlord in the following circumstances: when a tenant has failed to comply with a court-imposed protective order requiring him to deposit the rent due each month into the court registry pending determination of the issue of the right of possession.

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