DRAYTON v. PORETSKY MANAGEMENT, INC.

Nos. 81-24, 81-270.

462 A.2d 1115 (1983)

Barbara DRAYTON, et al., Appellants, v. PORETSKY MANAGEMENT, INC., Appellee. PORETSKY MANAGEMENT, INC., Appellant, v. Barbara DRAYTON, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Gray, Sr., Washington, D.C., for appellants in No. 81-24 and appellees in No. 81-270.

Susan S. Magazine, Washington, D.C., with whom Jeffrey M. Hamberger, Washington, D.C., was on the briefs, for appellee in No. 81-24 and appellant in No. 81-270.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

Before us are cross-appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court in a suit for possession in the Landlord and Tenant (L & T) Branch of the Superior Court. For convenience we refer to Barbara Drayton, et al., as appellants or tenants and to Poretsky Management, Inc., as appellee or landlord. Landlord challenges the trial court's assumption of jurisdiction to rule on the validity of two rent increases, arguing that the District...

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