GEN. FED. OF WOMEN'S CLUBS v. IRON GATE

Nos. 86-811, 86-900.

537 A.2d 1123 (1988)

GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. IRON GATE INN, INC. and John Saah, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Plesser, with whom Alan R. Schwartz, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

David J. Frantz, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case arises from an ongoing dispute between appellant General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), a landlord, and its tenant, appellee Iron Gate Inn, Inc., a restaurant owned by appellee John Saah. Three issues are presented in this appeal: first, whether the trial court properly awarded attorneys' fees to the Inn and Saah for defending the contempt proceeding that GFWC brought against them; second, whether the trial court properly denied...

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