GORE v. NEWSOME

No. 91-CV-392.

614 A.2d 40 (1992)

David GORE, Appellant, v. George NEWSOME, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Deering, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Betty S. Walker, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

John Payton, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for the District of Columbia.

Before STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

On this appeal from a judgment cancelling a tax deed, the issue is whether the rule in this jurisdiction that government authorities must comply strictly with the notice provisions of the District of Columbia tax sale statute and regulations requires that a sale be invalidated because the notices to the delinquent property owners abbreviated their first names rather than spelling them out in accordance with the tax assessor's records. Although...

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