CUNNINGHAM v. PHOENIX MANAGEMENT, INC.

Nos. 85-1037, 86-1306.

540 A.2d 1099 (1988)

Debra CUNNINGHAM, Appellant, v. PHOENIX MANAGEMENT, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Hyland, with whom Michael O. De Mouy and John C. Schaible, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Michael E. Brand, with whom Rena Schild and Kenneth Loewinger, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

In this case, we are required to decide whether, in a landlord and tenant suit for possession of realty based on a notice to quit rather than on grounds of nonpayment of rent, a landlord can obtain a court order requiring the tenant to pay rent into the registry of the court pending the outcome of the proceedings.1 Cunningham, the tenant, contends that since in such notice cases, the landlord cannot satisfy the...

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