TRUITT v. EVANGEL TEMPLE, INC.

No. 84-275.

486 A.2d 1169 (1984)

Suzanne Reier TRUITT, et al., Appellants, v. EVANGEL TEMPLE, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Isaacs, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Michael A. Schuchat, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before TERRY and ROGERS, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.


ROGERS, Associate Judge.

On appeal appellants-landlords contend the trial court erred in holding that they were not entitled to recover $14,000 for rent which accrued during an eight-month period in which the property was vacant as a result of appellee's alleged wrongful abandonment. Appellants argue that a landlord's termination of a lease does not terminate a tenant's liability for past due rent. The trial court found that the rent received by appellants from a...

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