ONTELL v. CAPITOL HILL E.W. LTD.

No. 86-472.

527 A.2d 1292 (1987)

David J. ONTELL, Appellant, v. CAPITOL HILL E.W. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Ontell, Washington, D.C., pro se.

Robert F. Leibner, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before BELSON and ROGERS, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Senior Judge.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

This appeal raises the question whether a notice to quit commercial premises was ineffective because it was not written in Spanish as well as in English. We hold that because the commercial tenant suffered no prejudice, as he was conversant with English but not with Spanish, the failure to give the statutorily required notice in Spanish did not render the notice ineffective. Accordingly, we affirm the order granting summary judgment for possession...

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