WALKER v. SMITH

No. 83-940.

499 A.2d 446 (1985)

Carolyn WALKER, Appellant, v. Byron Albert SMITH, Jr., Cecil R. Smith, Michael F. Smith, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis Thompson, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Alan Anderson, Washington, D.C., was on brief, and Lawrence E. Williams, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellant.

William Daniel Sullivan, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before MACK and TERRY, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired.


MACK, Associate Judge:

This appeal is taken from an order of the Landlord and Tenant Branch of the Superior Court denying appellant's motion to vacate a default judgment which granted possession of the house occupied by appellant to appellees. On this record, or perhaps more accurately because of the lack of an adequate record, we find that the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant's motion to vacate the...

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